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How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.
My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, read more
My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone!
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),
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.
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing read more
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the read more
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. -Mark Twain.