Vigor is found in the man who has not yet grown old, and discretion in the man who is not too young.
- Topic: Age, Life
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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Towering in the confidence of twenty-one.
The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.
The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young, shall never see so much, nor live so long.
I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
Some people die at age 25 and aren't buried until they are 75.
Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.
The hardest thing to explain is the glaring evident which everybody had decided not to see.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.
The only way to live, is knowing you’re going to die. If you're afraid to die, you'll never be able to live.
There are a thousand excuses for failure but never a good reason.
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
