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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.

by Lillian Smith Found in: Age Quotes,
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What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre read more

What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre of the eye?
Is it for Beauty to forego her wreath?
Yes; but not this alone.

by Matthew Arnold Found in: Age Quotes,
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The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.

The good die young - because they see it's no use living if you've got to be good.

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Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.

Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.

by Soren Kierkegaard Found in: Age Quotes,
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Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him:
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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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Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.

by Jeanne Moreau Found in: Age Quotes,
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After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own.

by Bette Midler Found in: Age Quotes,
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What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

by Francois Voltaire Found in: Age Quotes,
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He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
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He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
So that no wonder waits him.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Age Quotes,
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