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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things
The golden age is before us, not behind us
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age
He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment
All would live long; but none would be old
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter
Age bears away with it all things, even the powers of the mind
He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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