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No one who is young is ever going to be old.

“No one who is young is ever going to be old.” — John Steinbeck, East of Eden

Author YahooeyPosted on August 31, 2019August 24, 2019Categories QuotationsTags aging, East of Eden, John Steinbeck, old, youth1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.

“We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.” — W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge

Author YahooeyPosted on July 3, 2018June 12, 2018Categories QuotationsTags age, insight, judgement, old, The Razor's Edge, unmercifully, W. Somerset Maugham, youthLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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There’s no virtue in being old, it just takes a long time.

“There’s no virtue in being old, it just takes a long time.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

Author YahooeyPosted on December 11, 2016December 4, 2016Categories QuotationsTags age, old, Robert A. Heinlein, time, virtueLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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People had much rather be thought to look ill than old : because it is possible to recover from sickness, but there is no recovering from age.

“People had much rather be thought to look ill than old : because it is possible to recover from sickness, but there is no recovering from age.” — William Hazlitt, “Common Places,” The Literary Examiner

Author YahooeyPosted on November 23, 2012January 10, 2019Categories QuotationsTags age, ageing, common places, ill, old, recover, sickness, The Literary Examiner, William Hazlitt, youthLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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