"That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously."

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright

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"That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously."

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"Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired."

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