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Quote by R.C. Sherriff
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent import

When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. – R.C. Sherriff

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With aching hands and bleeding feet
We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;
We bear the burden and the heat
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Not till the hours of light return
All we have built as we discern. – Matthew Arnold

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Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. – Herbert Asquith

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Retirement has been a discovery of beauty for me. I never had the time before to notice the beauty of my grandkids, my wife, the tree outside my very own front door. And, the beauty of time itself. – Hartman Jule

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