"A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself."

Age, Beauty, Truth, Justice

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"A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself."

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"It is not well to make great changes in old age."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

Age, Old

"Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Age, Old, Prudence, Youth

"Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Age, Hesitation, Risk

"To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Age, Being, Certainty, Hesitation

"No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Age, Woman

"The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Age, Society, Money, Class

"Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

Age, Mind

"Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards."

George Orwell, British Author

Age, Feelings

"Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Age, Old, Youth

"Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Age, Health, Education, Money

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"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it."

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"Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it."

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"A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are."

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"Evil report carries further than any applause."

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"It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice."

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"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."

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"One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity."

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"It is not well to make great changes in old age."

"Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age."

"Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age."

"To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it."

"No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating."

"The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age."

"Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face."

"Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards."

"Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age."

"Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health."

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"Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it."

"Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it."

"A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are."

"Evil report carries further than any applause."

"It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice."

"Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose."

"A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity."

"When desire dies, fear is born."

"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."

"One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity."