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    Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there's nothing you can do.

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For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell read more

For the first half of your life, people tell you what you should do; for the second half, they tell you what you should have done. -Richard Needham.

by Richard Needham 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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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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The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the read more

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. -Mark Twain.

by Mark Twain Found in: Age Quotes,
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My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, read more

My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone!
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Age Quotes,
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Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were read more

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

by George Eliot Found in: Age Quotes,
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God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.

God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.

by Arabic Proverb 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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Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

by Daniel Defoe Found in: Age Quotes,
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