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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 a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.

by George William Curtis 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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In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's read more

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.

by Pope Paul Vi Found in: Age Quotes,
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We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.

We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.

by Stu Mittleman Found in: Age Quotes,
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Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese

by Billie Burke Found in: Age Quotes,
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To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep read more

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

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You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

by George Burns Found in: Age Quotes,
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By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

by Isaac Bickerstaff Found in: Age Quotes,
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The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Age Quotes,
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