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    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.

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If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

If you carry your childhood with you, you never become older.

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Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

by Tom Stoppard Found in: Age Quotes, Maturity Quotes,
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All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Age Quotes,
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. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted read more

. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted cut but sparkles near the brim.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Age Quotes,
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I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

by Lady Astor Found in: Age Quotes,
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Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

by Hosea Ballou Found in: Age Quotes,
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The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

by Jerry M. Wright Found in: Age Quotes,
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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.

by Jean Paul Found in: Age Quotes,
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You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

by Bob Hope Found in: Age Quotes,
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