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To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from read more
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence, Washington from commanding the Continental Army, Madison from fathering the Constitution, Hamilton from serving as secretary of the treasury, Clay from being elected speaker of the House and Christopher Columbus from discovering America.
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.
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.
You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.
You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.
What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre read more
What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre of the eye?
Is it for Beauty to forego her wreath?
Yes; but not this alone.
All diseases run into one, old age.
All diseases run into one, old age.
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your read more
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried
in a good old age.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried
in a good old age.
