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Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.


Giacomo Leopardi

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EDITH WHARTON Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.
SINCLAIR LEWIS Whatever poet, orator, or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.
DAVID GEMMELL Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
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CYRIL CONNOLLY The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
A. J. P. TAYLOR There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
FAY WELDON There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
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BOB WELLS I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!
TINA TURNER I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!
LEO ROSTEN The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.
NAPOLEON HILL The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty
NAPOLEON HILL Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man
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JAMES THURBER Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
VICTOR HUGO Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
HOSEA BALLOU Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
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SENECA But me
They cannot touch,
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And ignominious end of ol...
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D.M. TIMNEY Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
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SOREN KIERKEGAARD Some die too young, some die too old; the precept sounds strange, but die at the right age
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MAGGIE KUHN Old age is not a disease -- it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes ...
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