"The rarest attainment is to grow old happily…" — Lydia M. Child

"The rarest attainment is to grow old happily and gracefully."

— Lydia M. Child

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42 Quotes by Lydia M. Child

Lydia M. Child has 42 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in…
Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an…
Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to…
Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does…
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a…
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure…
They [slaves] have stabbed themselves for freedom-jumped into the waves for freedom-starved for freedom-fought like very tigers for freedom! But…
Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap…
Yours for the unshackled exercise of every faculty by every human being.

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More Aging Quotes

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Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon

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