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Re:A genomic predictor of lifespan in vertebrates by 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 on Friday December 13, 2019 @02:48PM (#21784733)
> Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

How old is this proverb?

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Re:A genomic predictor of lifespan in vertebrates by hprotagonist on Friday December 13, 2019 @02:59PM (#21784824)
youngest is within a 500 year window around the date of the composition of the Psalms (it's psalm 90)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalms#Origins

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