see also Plutarch, On the E at Delphi
Arthur Richard Shilleto edition (1889), where this —
“time... leaking and not holding water, as it were, a vessel full of decay and growth...”
here
or at xix here
 
William Browning. “Is there such a disease as neurasthenia? A discussion and classification of the many conditions that appear to be grouped under that head.” New York State Journal of Medicine 11:1 (January 1911) : 7-17
different copy, at archive.org
 
old truths
neurasthenia
 

e

old truths about
is there such?

old age
blunted

worn

the slightest exertion
off