"Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."

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"Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use."

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"O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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"Old age is fifteen years older than I am."

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Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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