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Quote by Martha Gellhorn
Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel li

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but Im not complaining,… Those who find growing old terrible are people who havent done what they wanted with their lives. – Martha Gellhorn

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Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. – Martha Gellhorn

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And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish. – Martha Gellhorn

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Old age is fifteen years older than I am. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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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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