"Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new."

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"Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new."

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"You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub."

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"A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice."

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"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

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"I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

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"There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors."

Laura Miller, American Politician

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"Old soldiers never die; they just fade away."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

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"Everybody is doing the same old thing."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

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"All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone."

Richard von Weizsaecker, German Politician

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"A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round."

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"To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!"

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"And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear."

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"Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be."

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"How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!"

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