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A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer.
A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. -Arthur Schopenhauer.
Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings read more
Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.
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!
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.
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.
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart
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.
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.
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
