Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to achieve the things we wanted, we look ahead to the time we have left to us. Our children are gaining life, and our parents are…

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Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to...

Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to...

At my age, I'm envious of a stiff wind.

At my age, I'm envious of a stiff wind.

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or...

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or...

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being...

Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being...

And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or...

And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or...

By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course...

By the worldly standards of public life, all scholars in their work are of course...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

I do wish I could tell you my age but it's impossible. It keeps changing...

I do wish I could tell you my age but it's impossible. It keeps changing...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and...

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance, age full of...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not...

Good thoughts his only friends, His wealth a well-spent age, The earth his sober inn...

Good thoughts his only friends, His wealth a well-spent age, The earth his sober inn...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it...

Whenever the talk turns to age, I say I am 49 plus VAT.

Whenever the talk turns to age, I say I am 49 plus VAT.