Aphorisms on ageing and the passage of time
The innocence of youth is the arrogance of the old age.
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The change produced by the pass of time makes us live in permanent exile.
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The change brought about by the passage of time makes us live in permanent exile.
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Eternal will not be those who predict the furthest future, but those who remain loyal to the most remote past.
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Children and elders seek to impress each other; adults seek to impress other adults.
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The present moment is the most valuable thing we have, and what we waste the most.
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How easy it is to be only contemporary! And how important it is to avoid it!
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Given a present, every past will be its cause, and every future its consequence.
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If the past tells us something, it is that what will happen in the future has nothing to do with what we imagine in the present.
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People officially become old the day they say they are younger than they really are.
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There is no aging without appreciation, stubbornness, and routine.
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Wisdom in the youth is as rare as humility in the elderly.
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Insufficient time often proves to be more than enough.
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The clearest hint about the future isn't in the present youth but in the past of the current elder.