MAXIMS FOR OLD PEOPLE
“The tragedy of growing old is remaining young.” “The deeds of the young, the counsels of the middle-aged, the prayers of the old.” (Greek proverb.) “Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. (Joel.) “Old men like to give good advice; it consoles them for being no longer able to give a bad example.” (La Rochefoucauld.) “The night cometh when no man can work.” (Gospel of St. John.) “Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.” (Ten(nyson.) “Though our outward man perish, the inward man is renewed day by day.” (St. Paul.) “The £ood man feels old age more by the strength of his soul than by the weakness of his body.” (Sir Thomas Overbury.)
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18653, 23 August 1930, Page 9
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124MAXIMS FOR OLD PEOPLE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18653, 23 August 1930, Page 9
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