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Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some
wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
Abigail Van Buren (1918 - ), 1978
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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
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Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)
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The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
Doug Larson
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I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about
reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many,
many people do not have that privilege.'
Earl Warren (1891 - 1974), Chief Justice
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The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)
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It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one
grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.
George Sand (1804 - 1876)
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Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.
Gloria Pitzer, in Reader's Digest, 1979
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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)
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You're never too old to become younger.
Mae West (1892 - 1980)
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You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
Michael Pritchard
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A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
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To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be
respectable.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
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I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
Tom Stoppard (1937 - )
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