To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.
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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 is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and read more
The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too
little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business read more
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too
little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the
full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.
If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
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.
Age considers; youth ventures.
Age considers; youth ventures.
