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"They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time before you and more mistakes behind. I leave you to decide whether this is better than the reverse."
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"Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good."
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"Granny Weatherwax had a primal snore. It had never been tamed. No one had ever had to sleep next to it, to curb its wilder excesses by means of a kick, a prod in the small of the back, or a pillow used as a bludgeon. It had had years in a lonely bedroom to perfect the knark, the graaah, and the gnoc, gnoc, gnoc unimpeded by the nudges, jabs, and occasional attempts at murder that usually moderate the snore impulse over time."
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"If you manage to live long enough, most of your greatest fears become fond memories to look back on."
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"Youth is gone -- gone -- and will never come back: can't help it."
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"Getting older comes with abilities. Being old comes with disabilities."
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"One's doing well if age improves even slightly one's capacity to hold on to that vital truism: "This too shall pass."
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"He sat watching what went forward with the quiet outward glance of healthy old age."
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"You can cover the wrinkles of age by becoming more cheerful and enthusiastic."
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"Old age is catching up with me, or am I catching up with it?"
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"Age is a high price to pay for maturity."
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"You cannot change reality by ignoring it."
Reality
"Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves."
Communication
"The heart of the wise person is a mirror to the world."
Wisdom
"You are not responsible for the actions of others, only for your own."
Life
"No one is without fault. We can only aim to improve."
Growth
"If you are not aware, you will not be aware of your lack of awareness."
Mind
"The quest for knowledge is a process of self-awareness."
Growth
"It is experience which teaches, not controversy based on supposed logic and assumptions of what is likely to be true."
Experience
"The real generosity is when a man does something generous when nobody knows about it."
Generosity
"Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display."
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