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“There are three signs of senility. The first sign is that a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is that he forgets to zip up. The third sign is that he forgets to zip down.”

Men Firsts Three Forget Thirds Theorems Zips Senility

Author:Paul Erdos

“Time and happenings and the grace of God are the best solvers of puzzles. One must leave much to these, if he is not to worry himself into premature senility.”

Ifs Time Worry Grace Happenings Puzzles Grace Of God Premature Senility

Author:Alex Dow

“People live their lives, constantly surrounded by anxiety. if they live long before dying, they end up in senility, worn out by concerns: a terrible fate! The body is treated in a very harsh fashion. Courageous men are seen by everyone under Heaven as worthy, but this doesn't preserve them from death. I am not sure I know whether this is sensible or not.”

People Ifs Knows Men Long Ends Body Heaven Fate Dying Fashion Terrible Anxiety Concern Worthy Treated Preserves Not Sure Courageous Sensible Worn Harsh Worn Out Senility Courageous Man

Author:Zhuangzi

“It is a world completely rotten with wealth, power, senility, indifference, puritanism and mental hygiene, poverty and waste, technological futility and aimless violence, and yet I cannot help but feel it has about it something of the dawning of the universe. Perhaps because the entire world continues to dream of New York, even as New York dominates and exploits it.”

World Feels Helping Dream Universe Wealth Poverty Violence New York Waste Indifference Technological Exploits Rotten Futility Hygiene Puritanism Senility

Book:America

Source: America

“I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.”

Trying Maturity Adolescence Bypass Senility

Author:Tom Lehrer

“I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977 I shall be 142. This is no time to be flitting about the earth. I must cease from the activities proper to youth and begin to take on the dignities and gravities and inertia proper to that season of honorable senility which is on its way.”

Way Age Earth Youth Activity Dignity Seasons Aging Cease Pushing Gravity Honorable Threshold Inertia Senility

Book:Complete Letters of Mark Twain

Source: Complete Letters of Mark Twain

“Novelists don't age as quickly as philosophers, who often face professional senility in their late twenties.”

Age Faces Late Twenties Philosopher Novelists Senility Late Twenties

Book:The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000

Source: The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000