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Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.
Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.
It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date read more
It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in a small way. -Edith Wharton.
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties read more
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings read more
Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.
The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as read more
The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
Youth is a disease from which we all recover.
Youth is a disease from which we all recover.
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it read more
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.