“Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.”
— Paul Klee
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“When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.”
— Denis Diderot
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“A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.”
— Liz Carpenter
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“In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league.”
— Julius Erving
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“Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”
— James Joyce
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“How young can you die of old age?”
— Steven Wright
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“We tried not to age, but time had its rage.”
— Patti Smith
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“And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight – I had a lot of difficulty when I first picked up a basketball, because I was a scrub – there were things that I liked about it.”
— Julius Erving
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“Middle age: when you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.”
— Irvin S. Cobb
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“Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.”
— J. B. Priestley
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“The territorial state is such an ancient form of society – here in Europe it dates back thousands of years – that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland.”
— Christian Lous Lange
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