"The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older."

Age, Heart, Fear, Knave

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"The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older."

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"If youth knew; if age could."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Age, Youth

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Age, Absurdity, May

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

Willa Cather, American Author

Age, Writer

"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Time, Old

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Age, Months

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Age, Belief, Disguise

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

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Death, Love, Old

"No lie ever reaches old age."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Lie, Old

"At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me."

Barnaby C. Keeney, American Educator

Age, People, College, Hell

"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

Quentin Crewe, British Journalist

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"I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it."

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"An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult."

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"Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health."

Health

"Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible."

Will

"Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding."

Appearance

"Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts."

Hypocrisy

"In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter."

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"If youth knew; if age could."

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

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

"No lie ever reaches old age."

"At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me."

"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

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"I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it."

"An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult."

"Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health."

"To govern mankind, one must not overrate them."

"Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear."

"Take the tone of the company you are in."

"Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible."

"Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding."

"Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts."

"In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter."