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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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Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse. -Diana Cooper.

Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse. -Diana Cooper.

by Diana Cooper Found in: Age Quotes,
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Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

by Lawrence Durrell Found in: Age Quotes,
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. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted read more

. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted cut but sparkles near the brim.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Age Quotes,
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I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.

I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.

by Josh Billings Found in: Age Quotes,
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Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

by Charles M. Schultz Found in: Age Quotes,
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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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Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

by Herbert Asquith Found in: Age Quotes, Youth Quotes,
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The person of wisdom is the person of years.

The person of wisdom is the person of years.

by Edward Found in: Age Quotes,
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The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by
reason of strength they be fourscore read more

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 soon cut off, and we fly away.

by Bible Found in: Age Quotes,
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