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Abraham Lincoln:And in the end, it's not the


And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
by Abraham Lincoln


Samuel Johnson:The first years of man make


The first years of man make provision for the last.
by Samuel Johnson


Wilson Mizner:Life's a tough proposition, and


Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
by Wilson Mizner


Chinese Proverb:He who could foresee affairs


He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years
by Chinese Proverb


R. Geis:Ten years of rejection slips is nature's


Ten years of rejection slips is nature's way of telling you to stop writing.
by R. Geis


Horace:Let your literary compositions be kept


Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years at least.
by Horace


Wilson Mizner:I've spent several years in


I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.
by Wilson Mizner


Alfred Lord Tennyson:No rock so hard but a


No rock so hard but a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.
by Alfred Lord Tennyson


Unknown:Thousands of years ago, cats were


Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this.
by Unknown


Wendell L. Wilkie:A good catchword can obscure


A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
by Wendell L. Wilkie


Tyron Edwards:Age does not depend upon years,


Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.
by Tyron Edwards


Gurdjieff:There is no progress whatever.


There is no progress whatever. Everything is just the same as it was thousands, and tens of thousands, of years ago. The outward form changes. The essence does not change.
by Gurdjieff


Ernest Hemingway:To be a successful father


To be a successful father there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.
by Ernest Hemingway


Julia Crawford:Oh hast thou forgotten this day


Oh hast thou forgotten this day we must part? It may be for years and it may be forever; Oh why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
by Julia Crawford


William Faulkner:The aim of every artist is to


The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
by William Faulkner


Joseph Addison:The stars shall fade away, the


The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
by Joseph Addison


Fran Lebowitz:Should you be a teenager blessed


Should you be a teenager blessed with uncommon good looks, document this state of affairs by the taking of photographs. It is the only way anyone will ever believe you in years to come.
by Fran Lebowitz


Abraham Lincoln:Fourscore and seven years ago,


Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
by Abraham Lincoln


Frederick Tennyson:Two aged men, that had been


Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.
by Frederick Tennyson


Oscar Wilde:Thirty-five is a very attractive


Thirty-five is a very attractive age, London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
by Oscar Wilde


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