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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 human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this. – William Wordsworth

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Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But Im past that age. – Katharine Hepburn

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The great secret that all old people share is that you really havent changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you dont change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion. – Doris Lessing

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Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life. – Wilma Rudolph

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In our age there is no such thing as keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. – George Orwell

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