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    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!

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All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Age Quotes,
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We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Age Quotes,
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The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old, grow sage. -H. J. read more

The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old, grow sage. -H. J. Byron.

by H. J. Byron Found in: Age Quotes,
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Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings read more

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

by Ralph B. Perry Found in: Age Quotes,
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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

by Emily Dickinson 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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You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

by Bob Hope Found in: Age Quotes,
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The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows read more

The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!

by Eugene O'neill Found in: Age Quotes,
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When you become senile, you won't know it.

When you become senile, you won't know it.

by Bill Cosby Found in: Age Quotes,
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