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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 first breath of adultery is the freest after it, constraints aping marriage develop. – John Updike

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