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title: "12 Age of 40 Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Age of 40 quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Age of 40 sayings and thoughts."
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> [This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesn't show its age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-tullius-cicero/this-wine-is-forty-years-old-it-certainly-doesn-t-show-its-age/)

[Marcus Tullius Cicero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-tullius-cicero/)

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> [We can't reach old age by another man's road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/we-can-t-reach-old-age-by-another-man-s-road/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/mark-twain-22_age_we-can-t-reach-old-age-by-another-man-s_2253254.png)

> [The age of 40 is not a death sentence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-foreman/the-age-of-40-is-not-a-death-sentence/)

[George Foreman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-foreman/)

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> [Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-parker/time-may-be-a-great-healer-but-it-s-a-lousy-beautician/)

[Dorothy Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-parker/)

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> [One starts to get young at the age of sixty and then it is too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/one-starts-to-get-young-at-the-age-of-sixty-and-then-it-is-too-late/)

[Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/)

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> [You'll live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woody-allen/you-ll-live-to-be-a-hundred-if-you-give-up-all-the-things-that-make/)

[Woody Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woody-allen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/woody-allen-176_age_you-ll-live-to-be-a-hundred-if-you-give_779497.jpg)

> [When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/when-i-passed-forty-i-dropped-pretense-cause-men-like-women-who-got/)

[Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/)

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> [I was approaching the age of 40 with a substantial publication record, but had not yet held any position in a chemistry department.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pople/i-was-approaching-the-age-of-40-with-a-substantial-publication-record/)

[John Pople](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pople/)

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> [Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/time-and-tide-wait-for-no-man-but-time-always-stands-still-for-a-2/)

[Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/robert-frost-371_20th-birthday_time-and-tide-wait-for-no-man-but-time-a_2525390.png)

> [Thanks to modern medical advances such as antibiotics, nasal spray, and Diet Coke, it has become routine for people in the civilized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/thanks-to-modern-medical-advances-such-as-antibiotics-nasal-spray-and/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/dave-barry-222_age_thanks-to-modern-medical-advances-such-a_1524219.png)

> [At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At age 40, we don't care what they think of us.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-landers/at-age-20-we-worry-about-what-others-think-of-us-at-age-40-we-don-t/)

[Ann Landers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-landers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/ann-landers-2605_age_at-age-20-we-worry-about-what-others-thi_1757399.png)

> [I feel fortunate that, by the age of 40, I had crammed in an entire political career.I had been in the Cabinet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-hague/i-feel-fortunate-that-by-the-age-of-40-i-had-crammed-in-an-entire/)

[William Hague](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-hague/)

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