"Sign of old age: distress at all leave-takings, all separations. And the sadness of memories, because I'm aware they're condemned to death."
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"Old age is better for women than for men. First of all, they have less far to fall, since their lives are more mediocre than those of most men."
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"I am grown peaceful as old age tonight."
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"It bugs me when they have people my age [28] playing teenagers."
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"If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds."
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"There is no such thing as the old age of the wise."
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"Not even old age knows how to love death."
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"No lie ever reaches old age."
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"One age is like another for the soul."
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"What an exciting age it is we live in With all this talk about the hope of youth And nothing made of youth."
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"When I was young my teachers were the old. I gave up fire for form till I was cold."
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"Fortunately, we don't need to know how bad an age is. There is something we can always be doing without reference to how good or bad the age is."
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"Beauty is an intangible thing; can not be fixed on the surface, and the wear and tear of old age on the body cannot defeat it. Nor will a "pretty" face make it, for "pretty" faces are often dull and empty, and beauty is never dull and it fills all spaces."
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"My heart needs only one thing. It needs to be guided Along the age-old path Of life-blossoming self-awareness."
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"Your personal style should evolve with age. To say you want the same style at 25 as at 45 is a mistake."
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"Heroic ages are not and never were sentimental and those daring conquistadores who conquered entire worlds for their Spain or Portugal received lamentably little thanks from their kings."
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"Our affections and beliefs are wiser than we; the best that is in us is better than we can understand; for it is grounded beyond experience, and guides us, blindfold but safe, from one age on to another."
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"If a man lives to any considerable age, it can not be denied that he laments his imprudences, but I notice he often laments his youth a deal more bitterly and with a more genuine intonation."
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"The sticks break, the stones crumble, The eternal altars tilt and tumble, Sanctions and tales dislimn like mist About the amazed evangelist. He stands unshook from age to youth Upon one pin-point of the truth."
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"Conscience connects us with the wisdom of the ages and the wisdom of the heart."
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