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Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
We are belabored by the gout,
Our blindness is a read more
Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
We are belabored by the gout,
Our blindness is a dark profound,
Our deafness each one laughs about.
Then reason's light with falling ray
Doth but a trembling flicker cast.
Honor to age, ye children pay!
Alas! my fifty years are past!
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.
Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
