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Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there's nothing you can do.
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.
I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from read more
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.
The years teach much which the days never knew.
The years teach much which the days never knew.
Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.
Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by
reason of strength they be fourscore read more
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by
reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength
labour and sorrow; for it soon cut off, and we fly away.
