"Is it not that in the chain of……" — John Quincy Adams

Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday… - John Quincy Adams

"Is it not that in the chain of human events, the birthday of a nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior? That it forms a leading event in the progress of the Gospel dispensation? Is it not that the Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission upon earth? That it laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity?"

— John Quincy Adams

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Now is the age of anxiety. — Wystan Hugh Auden
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. — Francis Bacon
I left school on my 15th birthday. — David Bailey
Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity,… — Russell Baker
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Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful… — Johnny Ball
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. — Lucille Ball
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory. — Franklin P. Adams
There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important. — Franklin P. Adams
Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the… — Franklin P. Adams

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