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Age Quotes by Mignon McLaughlin
- Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.
- Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.
- A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.
- There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.
- Age is a slowing down of everything except fear.
More Age Quotes
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
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