Wisdom · Greece · Europe
Growing Old Learning
Original proverb · Ἑλληνικά
« Γηράσκω ἀεὶ διδασκόμενος »
Translation
I grow old ever learning.
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- —Oversize · 240 g/m²
- —Combed cotton
- —Back print
- —Europe shipping
Meaning
Learning has no age: curiosity is the one youth never lost.
Cultural context
Attributed to Solon, one of the sages of ancient Greece, this line survives the centuries intact.
Design story
An endless typographic spiral, where the last letter meets the first.
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