Cicero (Cicerone) – Cato Maior de Senectute
Dosso Dossi, Circe and her Lovers in a Landscape, c. 1525 I do not want to whimper over life, as many have done, and wise men too, nor am I sorry I have lived, since my way of life has not led me to think I was born in vain, and I depart from life …