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    Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

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Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by read more

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Age Quotes,
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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.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Age Quotes,
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My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.

by Thomas Jefferson 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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Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

Youth is a disease from which we all recover.

by Dorothy Fulheim Found in: Age Quotes,
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By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.

by Isaac Bickerstaff Found in: Age Quotes,
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We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.

We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.

by Stu Mittleman Found in: Age Quotes,
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The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

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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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