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Quote by Jonathan Swift
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age. – Jonathan Swift

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Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long and the age of the great epics is past. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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We are always the same age inside. – Gertrude Stein

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I think the most exciting thing is that you expect people our age to know the music, but actually a lot of kids know the music, and if anything is left, we have left really good music, and thats the important part, not the mop-tops or whatever. – Ringo Starr

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Never use the passing years as an excuse for old age. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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