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Age

«As you know, no one over thirty years of age is afraid of tittle-tattle. I myself find it much less difficult to strangle a man than to fear him.»
«A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.»
«As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you»
«A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.»
«A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.»
Author: Maurice Chevalier | About: Age, Elderly | Keywords: decay, prospects
«At 34 she is an extremely beautiful woman, lavishly endowed by nature with a few flaws in the masterpiece: She has an insipid double chin, her legs are too short and she has a slight potbelly. She has a wonderful bosom, though.»
«As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer»
Author: Robert Quillen | About: Age | Keywords: anecdote, anecdotes, bodies, older, shorter
«A man knows he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.»
Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez | About: Age, Family, Fathers | Keywords: His father
«At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.»
«As the old cock crows the young cock learns»

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