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They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down… — Laurence Binyon
The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. — Oscar Wilde
I prefer old age to the alternative. — Maurice Chevalier
Now for good lucke, cast an old shooe after mee. — John Heywood
And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Nothing is more beautiful than cheerfulness in an old face. — Jean Paul
Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea. — Walt Whitman
Remember when you hear yourself saying one day that you don't have time anymore to read or listen to music or look at paintings or… — Susan Sontag
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. — Doug Larson
In fact, looking back, it seems to me that I was clueless until I was about 50-years-old. — Nora Ephron
Old age takes away from us what we have inherited and gives us what we have earned. — Gerald Brenan
Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves. — Samuel Richardson
It is, indeed, only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression, whilst portraits of them in their youth show only the first… — Arthur Schopenhauer
I grow old, ever learning many things. — Solon
The rarest attainment is to grow old happily and gracefully. — Lydia M. Child
I suspect it was...the old story of the implacable necessity of a man having honour within his own natural spirit. A man cannot live and… — Laurens van der Post
Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars, for governments to feed on… — Lewis H. Lapham
If the very old will remember, the very young will listen. — Chief Dan George
I know what "custody" [of the children] means. "Get even." That's all custody means. Get even with your old lady. — Lenny Bruce
'I don't need very much now,' said the boy, 'just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired.' 'Well,' said the tree,… — Shel Silverstein
We were not always 70, or rather our 70 is an accumulation of all the other ways we were. Our 5-year-old selves became our 10-year-old… — Anne Roiphe
Old men are always young enough to learn with profit. — Aeschylus
Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom. — Joseph Joubert
Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. — Samuel Johnson
Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to… — Douglas MacArthur

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