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.
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The person of wisdom is the person of years.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.
Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.
Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.
Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you read more
Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.
The years teach much which the days never knew.
The years teach much which the days never knew.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. -Tom Wilson.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. -Tom Wilson.
Age considers; youth ventures.
Age considers; youth ventures.
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by read more
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
