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Three score years and ten
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"Three score and ten" is a poetic way of saying seventy years.
The phrase originates from older English usage, where a "score" denotes twenty. Therefore, "three score" equals sixty, and adding ten gives seventy. This expression is most famously found in the Bible, Psalm 90:10, which states: “The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away”
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+3. It reflects the average human lifespan and emphasizes the brevity and transience of life.