Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...