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( Academicis ) morem fuisse occultandisententiam suam, nec eam cuiquam nisi qui secum ad senectutem usque vixissent aperire consuesse.

It was the custom of the Academics to conceal their own opinion, and they were not accustomed to reveal it to anyone except those who had lived with them into old age.

Les académiciens avaient coutume de cacher leur opinion et de ne la révéler qu’à ceux qui avaient vécu avec eux jusqu’à la vieillesse.