Quote by John Updike
Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – John Updike

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The golf swing is like a suitcase into which we are trying to pack one too many things. – John Updike

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The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. – John Updike

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A nations treasure is its scholars. – Yiddish Proverb

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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. – James Madison

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When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom. – Shakti Gawain

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Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this countrys principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times. – Chris Christie

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