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    It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Age Quotes,
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To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from read more

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.

by John F. Kennedy Found in: Age Quotes,
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The three ages of man: youth, middle age, and "You're looking wonderful!"

The three ages of man: youth, middle age, and "You're looking wonderful!"

by Dore Schary Found in: Age Quotes,
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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Age Quotes,
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If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden read more

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

by Margaret Mead Found in: Age Quotes,
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.

by Andrew Carnegie Found in: Age Quotes,
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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

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It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date read more

It spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in a small way. -Edith Wharton.

by Edith Wharton 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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