"In youth we learn; in age we understand."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

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"If youth knew; if age could."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

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"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

Willa Cather, American Author

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"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Time, Old

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

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"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Age, Belief, Disguise

"Not even old age knows how to love death."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Death, Love, Old

"No lie ever reaches old age."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me."

Barnaby C. Keeney, American Educator

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"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

Quentin Crewe, British Journalist

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"Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right."

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"He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated."

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"Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them."

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"What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible."

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"Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good."

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"Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one."

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"If youth knew; if age could."

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

"Not even old age knows how to love death."

"No lie ever reaches old age."

"At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me."

"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

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"Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right."

"He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated."

"Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them."

"What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible."

"Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good."

"Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one."

"Privilege is the greatest enemy of right."

"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."

"Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."

"We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for."