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    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!

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In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us. -Josh Billings.

In youth we run into difficulties; in old age difficulties run into us. -Josh Billings.

by Josh Billings Found in: Age Quotes,
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To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the read more

To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.

by Lillian Smith Found in: Age Quotes,
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A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.

A woman's always younger than a man of equal years.

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The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

by Doris Day Found in: Age Quotes,
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If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden read more

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

by Margaret Mead Found in: Age Quotes,
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To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch.

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch.

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Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Age Quotes,
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If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.

If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself. -Adolph Zukor.

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Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.

Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.

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