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And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried
in a good old age.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried
in a good old age.
If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden read more
If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.
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.
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too
little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business read more
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too
little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the
full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
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.
The time to begin most things is ten years ago. -Mignon McLaughlin.
The time to begin most things is ten years ago. -Mignon McLaughlin.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young read more
The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.