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“Artists of all sorts remain youthful for so long, and in many cases attain a grand old age. The explanation is that they live in an almost permanent condition of stimulation and excitement.”

Long Age Artist Cases Conditions Aging Old Age Permanent Excitement Explanation Stimulation

Book:A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation

Source: A Cultural History of the Modern Age Vol. 1: Renaissance and Reformation

“We stand for a living wage. Wages are subnormal if they fail to provide a living for those who devote their time and energy to industrial occupations. The monetary equivalent of a living wage varies according to local conditions, but must include enough to secure the elements of a normal standard of living-a standard high enough to make morality possible, to provide for education and recreation, to care for immature members of the family, to maintain the family during periods of sickness, and to permit of reasonable saving for old age.”

“A man is thirty years old before he has any settled thoughts of his fortune; it is not completed before fifty. He falls to building in his old age, and dies by the time his house is in a condition to be painted and glazed.”

Men Years Age Dies Fall House Conditions Building Fortune Old Age Thirty Fifty Thirty Years Thirty Years Old

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Old age is as forgetful as youth, and more incorrigible; it displays the same inattentiveness to conditions; its memory becomes self-repeating and degenerates into an instinctive reaction, like a bird's chirp.”

Self Age Memories Conditions Youth Bird Reactions Old Age Display Degenerates Forgetful Incorrigible

Book:The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense

Source: The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense

“The old age of women is bearable only on condition that they do not take up any room, do not make any noise, do not demand any service; on condition that they render all the service that is expected of them, and actually have no existence except for the good of others.”

Age Rooms Existence Conditions Demand Expected Noise Old Age Bearable

Author:Suzanne Curchod

“Old age is not one of the beauties of creation, but it is one of its harmonies. The law of contrasts is one of the laws of beauty. Under the conditions of our climate, shadow gives light its worth; sternness enhances mildness; solemnity, splendor. Varying proportions of size support and subserve one another.”

Giving Light Age Law Support Conditions Creation Shadow Harmony Climate Size Old Age Proportion Contrast Splendor Solemnity Mildness

Author:Sophie Swetchine

“So you see, old age is really not so bad. May you come to know the condition!”

Knows May Age Conditions Old Age

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero