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Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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!
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after read more
Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning read more
The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
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.