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    To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.

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In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's read more

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.

by Pope Paul Vi Found in: Age Quotes,
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At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I read more

At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?

by Jules Feiffer Found in: Age Quotes,
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At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still read more

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still include them all.

by Elizabeth Jennings Found in: Age Quotes,
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How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

by C.s. Lewis Found in: Age Quotes,
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.

by Andrew Carnegie Found in: Age Quotes,
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I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.

I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.

by Josh Billings Found in: Age Quotes,
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You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

by George Burns Found in: Age Quotes,
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The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning read more

The end comes when we no longer talk with ourselves. It is the end of genuine thinking and the beginning of the final loneliness.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Age Quotes,
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Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after read more

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it
ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

by Bible Found in: Age Quotes,
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