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Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. – Thomas Carlyle

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War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle. – Thomas Carlyle

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War
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Let one who wants to move and convince others, first be convinced and moved themselves. If a person speaks with genuine earnestness the thoughts, the emotion and the actual condition of their own heart, others will listen because we all are knit together by the tie of sympathy. – Thomas Carlyle

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Persuasion
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True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. – Thomas Carlyle

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Humor
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Regular naps prevent old age, especially if you take them while driving. – Author Unknown

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My best friend just had a baby, and shes my age. So Im a godmom now, which is crazy. – Kristen Stewart

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All my early school reports from the age of 5 were Daniel must learn not to distract others. – Dan Stevens

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A woman has the age she deserves. – Coco Chanel

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A fanatic is one who cant change his mind and wont change the subject. – Winston Churchill

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Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, youre just fair game. – Greta Garbo

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New needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements… the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or of any other past culture. – Jackson Pollock

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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. – Portuguese Proverb

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