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    The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old, grow sage. -H. J. Byron.

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The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

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Age, like distance lends a double charm.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

by Oliver Herford Found in: Age Quotes,
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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set read more

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

by William James Found in: Age Quotes,
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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Age Quotes, Trust Quotes,
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When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of read more

When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.

by Muriel Spark Found in: Age Quotes,
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Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

by James Thurber Found in: Age Quotes,
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If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.

If youth knew; if age could. -Henri Estienne.

by Henri Estienne Found in: Age Quotes,
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Age considers; youth ventures.

Age considers; youth ventures.

by Rabindranath Tagore Found in: Age Quotes,
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The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. -Plato.

The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. -Plato.

by Plato Found in: Age Quotes,
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