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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that ag

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. – H.L. Mencken

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Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. – H.L. Mencken

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