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The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it
Age merely shows what children we remain
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success
Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read
Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything
No age is shut against great genius
The monumental pomp of age
Was with this goodly personage;
A stature undepressed in size,
Unbent, which rather seemed to rise
In open victory o'er the weight
Of seventy years, to loftier height.
Was with this goodly personage;
A stature undepressed in size,
Unbent, which rather seemed to rise
In open victory o'er the weight
Of seventy years, to loftier height.
The White Doe of Rylstone
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