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The secret of staying young

 

Lucille Ball

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. --Lucille Ball

All things must change to something new, to something strange. --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. --Marie Curie

How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese? --Charles De Gaulle, in "Les Mots du General", 1962

You live and learn. At any rate, you live. --Douglas Adams

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them. --Jane Austen

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time. --Sir Winston Churchill

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things. --Herman Melville

Lack of money is the root of all evil. --George Bernard Shaw

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. --Jack London


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