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The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. |
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Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.- Hervey Allen
There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.
Europe to me is young people trying to appear middle-aged and middle-aged people trying to appear young.
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.
