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.
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Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
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.
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. (Merchant Of Venice)
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. (Merchant Of Venice)
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.
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know read more
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.
The trick is growing up without growing old.
The trick is growing up without growing old.
He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
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He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
So that no wonder waits him.
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.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
