Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

George Bernard Shaw

over forty is a scoundrel.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

Emily Dickinson

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Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Stanislaw Lec

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An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

Agatha Christie

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Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Don Marquis

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A man growing old becomes a child again.

Sophocles

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Forty is the old age of youth fifty the youth of old age.

Victor Hugo

Forty, Fifty, Old Age

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

Victor Hugo

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Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Tom Stoppard