"Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death."
― Herman Melville
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Age
― Herman Melville
More From Herman Melville
- "Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, – for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it – not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation."
- "Friendship at first sight, like love at first sight, is said to be the only truth."
- "Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity."
More In Age
- "Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful."― Margaret Mead
- "Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever."― Don Marquis
- "Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age."― James Buchan