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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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Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

by Edward Young Found in: Age Quotes,
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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less read more

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

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The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows read more

The old -- like children -- talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!

by Eugene O'neill Found in: Age Quotes,
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Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of read more

Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of paradise. -Mark Twain.

by Mark Twain Found in: Age Quotes,
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As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping read more

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

by Audrey Hepburn Found in: Age Quotes,
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To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score read more

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.

by Robert Louis Stevenson Found in: Age Quotes,
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The Hidden Power of the Heart -Sara Paddison.

The Hidden Power of the Heart -Sara Paddison.

by Sara Paddison Found in: Age Quotes,
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God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.

God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.

by Arabic Proverb Found in: Age Quotes,
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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.

by Maurice Chevalier Found in: Age Quotes,
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