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When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking read more
When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking but his own.
To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score read more
To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.
On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was read more
On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very
small for its age," said Gnathaena.
It takes a long time to become young.
It takes a long time to become young.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.
Years and sins are always more than owned.
Years and sins are always more than owned.
When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of read more
When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
