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Old Quotes by William James
- The most violent revolutions in an individuals beliefs leave most of his old order standing. Time and space, cause and effect, nature and history, and…
- The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.
- Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling…
- How can the moribund old man reason back to himself the romance, the mystery, the imminence of great things with which our old earth tingled…
- Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it may begin, is sure to end in sadness. . .…
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- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
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- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness in my… — Billie Joe Armstrong
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