Murasaki Shikibu — "Old age is a disease from which there is no recovery but the old nun's recent at…"

Old age is a disease from which there is no recovery but the old nun's recent attack had certainly been brought on chiefly by the fatigue of so much travelling.
Murasaki Shikibu — Murasaki Shikibu Medieval · Tale of Genji

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From *The Tale of Genji*, a stark and somewhat humorous observation on aging and its effects.

Date: c. 1000-1012 CE

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