#old age

If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure we will sail into quiet and pleasent waters for our old age. ↗

— Freya Stark

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He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled. ↗

— Gene Fowler

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To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

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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. ↗

— Maurice Chevalier

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Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age. ↗

— Anna Held

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Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre. ↗

— Philip Roth

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In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

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There are only three things that can kill a farmer: lightning, rolling over in a tractor, and old age. ↗

— Bill Bryson

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In this respect early youth is exactly like old age; it is a time of waiting for a big trip to an unknown destination. The chief difference is that youth waits for the morning limited and age waits for the night train. ↗

— Bruce Catton

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Filth and old age, I'm sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity. ↗

— Geoffrey Chaucer

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