Old
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.
Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.
I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
Many believe — and I believe — that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
I always complain because I'm old now and everything hurts.
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.
I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.
I like the old, vintage Hollywood look.
What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
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