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    What is it to grow old?
    Is it to lose the glory of the form,
    The lustre of the eye?
    Is it for Beauty to forego her wreath?
    Yes; but not this alone.

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Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces read more

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.

by Martin Buxbaum Found in: Age Quotes,
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At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still read more

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still include them all.

by Elizabeth Jennings Found in: Age Quotes,
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The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows read more

The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!

by Eugene O'neill Found in: Age Quotes,
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At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I read more

At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?

by Jules Feiffer Found in: Age Quotes,
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Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of read more

Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of paradise. -Mark Twain.

by Mark Twain Found in: Age Quotes,
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

by Walter Scott Found in: Age Quotes,
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All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Age Quotes,
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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the read more

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. -Mark Twain.

by Mark Twain Found in: Age Quotes,
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