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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.
Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
By the time we've made it, we've had it. -Malcolm Forbes.
By the time we've made it, we've had it. -Malcolm Forbes.
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.
Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.
When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day.
When it comes to staying young, a mind-lift beats a face-lift any day.
To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the read more
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.
Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
We are belabored by the gout,
Our blindness is a read more
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!
The old are in a second childhood.
The old are in a second childhood.
