#old age

I have the problems of, I must confess, old age. ↗

— Billy Graham

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Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

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Either God is alive, in which case he'll deal with us as he sees fit. Or he is dead, in which case he was never alive, it being unlikely that he died of old age. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. ↗

— Beverly Sills

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The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified. ↗

— Bob Wells

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Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age. ↗

— Booth Tarkington

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Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

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Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age. ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

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Old age is a woman's hell. ↗

— Ninon de L'Enclos

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Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. ↗

— David Mamet

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