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Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, read more
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
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.
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
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.
For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell read more
For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done. -Richard Needham.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
The three ages of man: youth, middle age, and "You're looking wonderful!"
The three ages of man: youth, middle age, and "You're looking wonderful!"
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.