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Quote by Jean Paul
As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. – Jean Paul

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Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall. – Jean Paul

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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. – Jean Paul

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There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you. – Carol Grace

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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. – Victor Hugo

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Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill… it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress. – Li Ka Shing

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