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    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!

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Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Age Quotes,
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Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do.

Believe that you're young enough, old enough, strong enough, and so on to accomplish everything you want to do.

by John Bingham Found in: Age Quotes,
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On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was read more

On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a wine
cooler, and said that it was sixteen years old. "It is very
small for its age," said Gnathaena.

by Athenaeus Found in: Age Quotes,
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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

by Mark Twain Found in: Age Quotes, Smile Quotes,
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At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Age Quotes,
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You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

by Timothy Leary 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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Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

by Edward Young Found in: Age Quotes,
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