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“If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.”

“So precious life is! Even to the old, the hours are as a miser's coins!”

Life Age Life Is Hours Old Age Coins Misers Precious Life

Book:The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems

Source: The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Poems

“The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us. [Lat., Festinat enim decurrere velox Flosculus angustae miseraeque brevissima vitae Portico; dum bibimus dum sera unguenta puellas Poscimus obrepit non intellecta senectus.]”

Life Age Flower Calling Wine Old Age Women And Wine

Author:Juvenal

“It is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life.... [ellipsis in source] Illness, old age, and death--subjects as ancient as humanity--these are the subjects that the poet must speak of very nearly from the first moment that he begins to speak.”

Life Writing Firsts Humans Moments Age Poetry Humanity Speak Language Subjects Poet Source Protect Elements Tragedy Ancient Illness Old Age Human Life Tragic

Author:Louise Bogan

“To make good use of life, one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth.”

Life Should Years Use Age Youth Should Have Old Age Vigor

Book:Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld

Source: Moral reflections, sentences and maxims of Francis, duc de la Rochefoucauld