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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.
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.
Just as old age is creeping on space,
And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day,
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Just as old age is creeping on space,
And clouds come o'er the sunset of our day,
They kindly leave us, though not quite alone,
But in good company--the gout or stone.
Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of read more
Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of paradise. -Mark Twain.
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.
Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, read more
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.