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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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"One of the worst things I've learned about getting older is that there seems to be more change that you don't like than there was when you were younger and you can't do nothin' about it."
"Youth is gone -- gone -- and will never come back: can't help it."
"They say the brain never ages it's a shame it can't teach the body that trick."
"Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed."
"Things aren't what they used to be' is the rallying cry of small minds. When men say things used to be better, they invariably mean they were better for them, because they were young, and had all their hopes intact. The world is bound to look a darker place as you slide into the grave."
"Time, which grays hair and wrinkles faces, also withers violent affections, and much more quickly."
"I've been playing the game of life for over 52 years now and I don't feel one day younger or older than I am. Maybe its I just don't feel."
"If you don't know how to grow old, don't start learning how to grow old."
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