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One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from read more
One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.
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.
The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and read more
The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.
If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never read more
If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from read more
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your read more
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
