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Old Age Quotes

Comparing the pleasures of later life with those of youth.

Old age is described here as ready to take on long, slow tasks that youth would avoid out of impatience, and its pleasures are treated as real even though they differ sharply from youth's. This page gathers quotes comparing the two stages. Related reading continues on Age quotes.

One line even argues that plenty of what gets called youthful energy, honestly examined, actually belongs to old age instead. For nearby themes, try Childhood quotes or Die quotes.

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