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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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It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. – H.L. Mencken

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The only liberty an inferior man really cherishes is the liberty to quit work, stretch out in the sun, and scratch himself. – H.L. Mencken

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When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music. – Denis Diderot

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Age is no barrier. Its a limitation you put on your mind. – Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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Children under five are the poorest age group in America, and one in four infants, toddlers and preschoolers are poor during the years of greatest brain development. – Marian Wright Edelman

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There are only two things a child will share willingly communicable diseases and its mothers age. – Benjamin Spock

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