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As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping read more
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never read more
Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!
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.
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's read more
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.
Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.
Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
