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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

[Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.]

André Maurois (1885-1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 “The Art of Growing Old” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]

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Maurois, Andre - The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 "The Art of Growing Old" (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)] | WIST Quotations

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form. [Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.] (Source (French))

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Adrian Segar 5d ago

Music is important in my life. I want to sing along when the spirit moves me and feel the intense emotions that music has the power to grant.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2018/10/the-importance-of-music-in-our-lives

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Wisdom in Space May 5

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
-- George Bernard Shaw

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A quotation from C W Leadbeater

Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

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A quotation from Philip Larkin

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
People you know, yet can’t quite name.

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High Windows

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Larkin, Philip - Poem (1974), "The Old Fools," High Windows | WIST Quotations

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms Inside your head, and having people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.

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A quotation from Barzun

Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.

Jacques Barzun (1907-2012) French-American historian, educator, polymath
Quoted in Arthur Krystal, “Age of Reason,” The New Yorker (2007-10-15)

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Barzun, Jacques - Quoted in Arthur Krystal, "Age of Reason," The New Yorker (2007-10-15) | WIST Quotations

Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.

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A quotation from Dave Barry

Is there something you can do about it? You’re darned right there is! You can fight back. Mister Old Age is not going to get you, by golly! All you need is a little determination — a willingness to get out of that reclining lounge chair, climb into that sweatsuit, lace on those running shoes, stride out that front door, and hurl yourself in front of that municipal bus.
No, wait. Sorry. For a moment there I got carried away by the bleakness of it all. Forget what I said. Really. There is absolutely no need to become suicidally depressed about the fact that every organ in your body is headed straight down the toilet.

Dave Barry (b. 1947) American humorist, author, columnist
Dave Barry Turns 40, ch. 2 “Your Disintegrating Body” (1990)

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Barry, Dave - Dave Barry Turns 40, ch. 2 "Your Disintegrating Body" (1990) | WIST Quotations

Is there something you can do about it? You're darned right there is! You can fight back. Mister Old Age is not going to get you, by golly! All you need is a little determination -- a willingness to get out of that reclining lounge chair, climb into that sweatsuit,…

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