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- To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841 - 1935)
- The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
- Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- To grow old is to grow common. Old age equalizes - we are aware that what is happening to us has happened to untold numbers from the beginning of time. When we are young we act as if we were the first young people in the world.
- Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
- To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
- Andre Bernard Buruch
- There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age.
- Sainte-Beave
- One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.
- Dr. Thomas Arnold
- He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
- Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
- Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.
- Author Unknown
- Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand.
- Author Unknown
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