Sunday, May 03, 2026

Ave, Dr. Gilleland!

Dr. Mike Gilleland quotes ancient wisdom that could apply to today's Hollywood stars, what with the drugs, the plastic surgery, and now the Ozempic vanity:

Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe thy presence! Them too I hate, whoso desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by philtres, drugs, and magic spells,—folk that death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world.

The original Greek is quoted beneath the translation in Dr. G's post. Nothing ever changes.


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