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The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him:
a new friend is as new read more
Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him:
a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it
with pleasure.
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in read more
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living.
Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.
Age ... is a matter of feeling, not of years.
Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. -Plato.
The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. -Plato.
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.
Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
We are belabored by the gout,
Our blindness is a read more
Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
We are belabored by the gout,
Our blindness is a dark profound,
Our deafness each one laughs about.
Then reason's light with falling ray
Doth but a trembling flicker cast.
Honor to age, ye children pay!
Alas! my fifty years are past!