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Quote by Andre Maurois
Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul. – Andre Maurois

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