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Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, read more
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.
The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.
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.
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after read more
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never read more
If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know read more
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties read more
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age.
