You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you have turned twenty-four. A man is or may be young to after sixty, and not old before eighty.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist...

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Music is essentially useless, as is life

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by...

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full...

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full...