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Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart
That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart
He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
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He has grown aged in this world of woe,
In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life.
So that no wonder waits him.
Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces read more
Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts.
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it read more
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.
Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.
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.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
