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    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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At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still read more

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still include them all.

by Elizabeth Jennings Found in: Age 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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It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

by Pablo Picasso Found in: Age Quotes, Youth Quotes,
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Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.

Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust,
and old authors to read.

by Athenaeus 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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Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese

by Billie Burke Found in: Age Quotes,
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For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
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For oute of olde feldys, as men sey,
Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;
And out of old bokis, in good fey,
Comyth al this newe science that men lere.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Age Quotes,
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Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.

by George William Curtis Found in: Age Quotes,
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The time to begin most things is ten years ago. -Mignon McLaughlin.

The time to begin most things is ten years ago. -Mignon McLaughlin.

by Mignon Mclaughlin Found in: Age Quotes,
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