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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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Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Age Quotes,
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Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with read more

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

by James Joyce Found in: Age Quotes,
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The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson 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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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.

by Herbert Asquith Found in: Age Quotes, Youth Quotes,
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Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance. -Shakespeare.

Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance. -Shakespeare.

by Shakespeare Found in: Age Quotes,
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Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.

Age mellows some people; others it makes rotten. -Heard in Arkansas.

by Heard In Arkansas Found in: Age Quotes,
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Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. -Leon Trotsky.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man. -Leon Trotsky.

by Leon Trotsky Found in: Age Quotes,
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There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

by Fay Weldon Found in: Age Quotes,
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