“I have nevertheless reached the age where life, for every man, is accepted defeat.”
Source: Memoirs of Hadrian
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Famous Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes
Source: Memoirs of Hadrian
“age means nothing. If anything I feel that I'm still a child: eternity and childhood are my ages.”
Source: With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey
“There are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty.”