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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 long.

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It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date read more

It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in a small way. -Edith Wharton.

by Edith Wharton Found in: Age Quotes,
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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

by Truman Capote Found in: Age Quotes,
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Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him:
a new friend is as new read more

Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him:
a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it
with pleasure.

by Bible Found in: Age Quotes, Friends Quotes,
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Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.

Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.

by Margaret Willour Found in: Age Quotes,
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Just as old age is creeping on space,
And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day,
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Just as old age is creeping on space,
And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day,
They kindly leave us, though not quite alone,
But in good company--the gout or stone.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Age Quotes,
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The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old, grow sage. -H. J. read more

The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old, grow sage. -H. J. Byron.

by H. J. Byron Found in: Age Quotes,
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Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late

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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.

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Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn

Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn

by Lactantius Firmianus Found in: Age Quotes,
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