"Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence."
-Jean Paul
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"The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it."
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"Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time."
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"Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time."
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"Only actions give life strength only moderation gives it charm."
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"What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease."
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"Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age."
-Anne Tyler
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"Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community."
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"If there is anything I would do differently in my life, it is that I would study business more. I'm trying to teach my daughter Chloe at an early age about investing and money so she's not afraid of it."
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"What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine."
-Thomas More
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"In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied."
-Rowan D. Williams
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