Quote by William Wordsworth
The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than wha

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind. – William Wordsworth

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The best portion of a good mans life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. – William Wordsworth

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The world is too much with us late and soon, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours. – William Wordsworth

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A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. – Jean Rostand

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I knew at an early age I wanted to act. Acting was always easy for me. I dont believe in predestination, but I do believe that once you get where ever it is you are going, that is where you were going to be. – Morgan Freeman

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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age. – Hesiod

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