It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Quote by Jules Renard

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Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for...

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an...

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more...

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more...

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have...

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have...

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and...

Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces

Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a...

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a...