A Quote by William Wordsworth
The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind.
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Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.
Whoever mourns the dead mourns himself.
Joy goes as deep as sorrow, but leaves less of itself behind.
I don't mind being older. I'm proud of my age. I've achieved a lot. It's the same thing with Mick and the Stones. They should be revered and respected. Isn't it strange that now we're living longer we have so much less respect for old age? Perhaps it's a less valuable commodity?
Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service.
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