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  • Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

    Abigail Van Buren (1918 - ), 1978

    I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

    Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)

    The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

    Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)

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

    Andre Maurois (1885 - 1967), The Art of Living

    You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.

    Anouk Aimee, O Magazine, October 2003

    Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication1, because youth is sweet and they are growing.

    Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), 'Nicomachean Ethics2'

    At twenty years of age the will reigns3; at thirty the wit; at forty the judgement.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

    Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

    By my rambling4 digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.

    Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

    I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

    Bernard M. Baruch (1870 - 1965)

    To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

    Bernard M. Baruch (1870 - 1965), 1940

    Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

    Betty Friedan (1921 - 2006)

    There is no old age. There is, as there always was, just you.

    Carol Matthau, O Magazine, October 2003

    Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

    Cyril Connolly (1903 - 1974)

    The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in 70 or 80 years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all.

    Doris Lessing, O Magazine, October 2003

    The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

    Doug Larson

    I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone5, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.'

    Earl Warren (1891 - 1974), Chief Justice

    In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration6 if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.

    Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)

    Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty7 breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.

    Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)

    It is a sadness of growing older that we lose our ardent8 appreciation9 of what is new and different and difficult.

    Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005

    With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?

    Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902), O Magazine, October 2003

    Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty.

    Ellen Glasgow (1873 - 1945), The Woman Within, 1954

    That is the greatest fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

    Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961), A Farewell to Arms, 1929

    Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography10.

    Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)

    I grow more intense as I age.

    Florida Scott-Maxwell, O Magazine, October 2003

    The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.

    Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)

    You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.

    Franklin P. Jones

    Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

    Fred Astaire

    It is kind of strange watching your personal history become costume.

    gadgetgirl, gadgetgirl, 07-25-07

    Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality11 sweeps over me and I forget my age.

    George Burns (1896 - 1996)

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    1 intoxication [inˌtɔksi'keiʃən] qq7zL8   第8级
    n.wild excitement;drunkenness;poisoning
    参考例句:
    • He began to drink, drank himself to intoxication, till he slept obliterated. 他一直喝,喝到他快要迷糊地睡着了。
    • Predator: Intoxication-Damage over time effect will now stack with other allies. Predator:Intoxication,持续性伤害的效果将会与队友相加。
    2 ethics ['eθɪks] Dt3zbI   第7级
    n.伦理学;伦理观,道德标准
    参考例句:
    • The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that. 他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
    • Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict. 个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
    3 reigns [reinz] 0158e1638fbbfb79c26a2ce8b24966d2   第7级
    n.君主的统治( reign的名词复数 );君主统治时期;任期;当政期
    参考例句:
    • In these valleys night reigns. 夜色笼罩着那些山谷。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
    • The Queen of Britain reigns, but she does not rule or govern. 英国女王是国家元首,但不治国事。 来自辞典例句
    4 rambling ['ræmbliŋ] MTfxg   第9级
    adj.[建]凌乱的,杂乱的
    参考例句:
    • We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. 我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
    • It was easy to get lost in the rambling house. 在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。
    5 milestone [ˈmaɪlstəʊn] c78zM   第9级
    n.里程碑;划时代的事件
    参考例句:
    • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema. 事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
    • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries. 我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
    6 disintegration [dɪsˌɪntɪ'ɡreɪʃn] TtJxi   第10级
    n.分散,解体
    参考例句:
    • This defeat led to the disintegration of the empire. 这次战败道致了帝国的瓦解。
    • The incident has hastened the disintegration of the club. 这一事件加速了该俱乐部的解体。
    7 haughty [ˈhɔ:ti] 4dKzq   第9级
    adj.傲慢的,高傲的
    参考例句:
    • He gave me a haughty look and walked away. 他向我摆出傲慢的表情后走开。
    • They were displeased with her haughty airs. 他们讨厌她高傲的派头。
    8 ardent [ˈɑ:dnt] yvjzd   第8级
    adj.热情的,热烈的,强烈的,烈性的
    参考例句:
    • He's an ardent supporter of the local football team. 他是本地足球队的热情支持者。
    • Ardent expectations were held by his parents for his college career. 他父母对他的大学学习抱着殷切的期望。
    9 appreciation [əˌpri:ʃiˈeɪʃn] Pv9zs   第7级
    n.评价;欣赏;感谢;领会,理解;价格上涨
    参考例句:
    • I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all. 我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
    • I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help. 我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。
    10 autobiography [ˌɔ:təbaɪˈɒgrəfi] ZOOyX   第8级
    n.自传
    参考例句:
    • He published his autobiography last autumn. 他去年秋天出版了自己的自传。
    • His life story is recounted in two fascinating volumes of autobiography. 这两卷引人入胜的自传小说详述了他的生平。
    11 vitality [vaɪˈtæləti] lhAw8   第8级
    n.活力,生命力,效力
    参考例句:
    • He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health. 他度假归来之后,身强体壮,充满活力。
    • He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality. 他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。

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