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    True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

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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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It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a read more

It was one of the deadliest and heaviest feelings of my life to feel that I was no longer a boy. From that moment I began to grow old in my own esteem -and in my esteem age is not estimable.

by Anatole France Found in: Age Quotes,
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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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Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age.

Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age.

by Sebastian Trabish Found in: Age 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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And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in read more

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

by Bible Found in: Age Quotes,
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Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with read more

Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.

by James Joyce Found in: Age Quotes,
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Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

by Anthony Powell Found in: Age Quotes,
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I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain read more

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

by T. S. Eliot Found in: Age Quotes,
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