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    Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

    by Confucius Found in Age Quotes,
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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.

by Florida Scott-maxwell Found in: Age Quotes,
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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!

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When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking read more

When a man of forty falls in love with a girl of twenty, it isn't her youth he is seeking but his own.

by Lenore Coffee Found in: Age Quotes,
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Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

by Cato The Elder Found in: Age Quotes,
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Find an aim in life before you run out of ammunition. -Arnold Glasow.

Find an aim in life before you run out of ammunition. -Arnold Glasow.

by Arnold Glasow Found in: Age Quotes,
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There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know read more

There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.

by Mignon Mclaughlin 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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You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, read more

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.

by Judith Viorst Found in: Age Quotes,
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The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the read more

The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. -Helen Rowland.

by Helen Rowland Found in: Age Quotes,
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