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The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Age--that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we read more
Age--that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we no longer have the enterprise to commit.
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
No man is ever old enough to know better.
No man is ever old enough to know better.
The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.
The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.
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.
