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40th birthday Quote by Alexander Pope

“Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday…” quote by Alexander Pope — Download Open image

“Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.”

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A mighty maze! But not without a plan.

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Let such teach others who themselves excel, And censure freely who have written well.

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For I, who hold sage Homer's rule the best, Welcome the coming, speed the going guest.

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Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect.

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When two people compliment each other with the choice of anything, each of them generally gets that which he likes least.

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Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style, Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.

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Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

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She went from opera, park, assembly, play, To morning walks, and prayers three hours a day. To part her time 'twixt reading and bohea,…

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I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.

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

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A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

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In Hollywood, there is another name for a woman's 40th birthday party, it's a retirement party.

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To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

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Just because you're 40, you don't have to decide whether God exists...when you're already worrying that the National Security Agency is reading your emails,…

Pamela Druckerman

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Just short of my 40th birthday, I told my wife, Beth, I was going to build us a little weekend place in...well, in the…

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So OK, it's your special big Four-O birthday But don't expect me to be obsequious and fawning You, being you, can't possibly be a…

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This wine is forty years old. It certainly doesnt show its age.

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Youre not 40, youre eighteen with 22 years experience.

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If you are an actress in L.A., on your 40th birthday they should just hand you the keys to the lunatic asylum.

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John Candy knew he was going to die. He told me on his 40th birthday. He said, well, Maureen, I'm on borrowed time.

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The I just woke up face of your 30s is the all day long face of your 40s

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