Quotes 621 till 640 of 833.
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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
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The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.
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The point, simply, is that we are doing more rediscovering these days than discovering coming anew upon truths that ignorant people refused to examine, over the centuries, because the wise people who held custody of the fundamental truths of nature were unpopular.
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The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.
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The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.
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The pyramids, attached with age, have forgotten the names of their founders.
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The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.
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The question that is so clearly in many potential parents minds: ''Why should we stunt our ambitions and impoverish our lives in order to be insulted and looked down upon in our old age?''
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The real truth is that while He came to preach the gospel, His chief object in coming was that there might be a gospel to preach.
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The really frightening thing about middle age is that you know you'll grow out of it!''
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The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
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The reason I still love performing is that people my age, a little younger and a little older, show up to relive that thing that made them so happy all those years ago. And as long as they show up, I'll keep on keepin' on till I keel over.
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The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next.
Works (1913) IV, 315 -
The riders in a race do not stop when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voices of friends and say to oneself, The work is done.
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The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
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The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.
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The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
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The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
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The self-driving car is coming. And right now, our best supply of organs come from car accidents... Once we have self-driving cars, we can actually reduce the number of accidents, but the next problem then would be organ replacement.
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The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies far away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and woman, old age is upon us.
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