#middle age

For three hundred years we have had our focus on the individual. We have distinguished him from the objective world as the Middle Ages did not think of doing. We have given him the world and the universe as a playground for exploration and discovery. ↗

— John Grierson

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Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

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Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does. ↗

— Gerald Brenan

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Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. ↗

— Don Marquis

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Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. ↗

— Ogden Nash

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Patience makes a women beautiful in middle age. ↗

— Elliot Paul

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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places. ↗

— E. Joseph Cossman

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The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat. ↗

— Vilhjalmur Stefansson

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We in middle age require adventure. ↗

— Carolyn Heilbrun

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Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ↗

— Bob Hope

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