"Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age."

Age, Childhood, Old

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"Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age."

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"None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much."

Courage

"Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age."

Age

"An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves."

Happiness

"You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy."

People

"It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means."

Mistake

"That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom."

Change

"A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat."

Defeat

"Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do."

Being

"Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture."

Success

"The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos."

Genius

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"When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"You should not consider a man's age but his acts."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"Age merely shows what children we remain."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"Never let your tiny age misguide you to think the time is not yet up. Get up and do it at any age."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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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

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"The golden age is before us, not behind us."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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