To Give Up Enthusiasm Wrinkles the Soul

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The best thing about getting old is that all those things you couldn’t have when you were young you no longer want. – Earl Wilson

A man is not old till regrets take the place of dreams. – John Barrymore

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nobody grows old by living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years wrinkle the skin; but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair – these are the long years that bow the heart and turn the greening spirit back to dust. – Anonymous

To retire is the beginning of death. – Pablo Casals

When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch. – Robert C. Sherriff

Pigs Always get Slaughtered

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Credit is a system whereby a person who can’t pay gets another person who can’t pay to guarantee that he can pay. – Charles Dickens

I have discovered the philosopher’s stone that turns everything into gold: It is, “pay as you go.” – John Randolph

Nowadays, people can be divided into three classes – the Haves, the Have-nots, and the Have-Not-Paid-for-What-They-Haves. – Earl Wilson

If it isn’t the sheriff it’s the finance company. I’ve got more attachments on me than a vacuum cleaner. - John Barrymore

It is not the return on my investment that I’m concerned about; it is the return of my investment. – Will Rogers

Never invest in anything that eats or needs repainting. – Billy Rose

Bulls can make money.
Bears can make money.
Pigs always get slaughtered. – American Business Saying

Like a Fish without a Bicycle

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Mohandas K. Gandhi on Western Civilization:
It would be a good idea.

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest. – Alexandre Dumas

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to comprehend his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it. – Israel Zangwill

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife. She has thought much worse things about you. – Jean Rostand

Woman would be more charming if one could fall into her arms without falling into her hands. – Ambrose Bierce

The way to fight a woman is with your hat. Grab it and run. – John Barrymore

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women. – H.L. Mencken

Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong silent type. – fran Lebowitz

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and she can’t say, “No,” in any of them. – Dorothy Parker

What passes for woman’s intuition is often nothing more than a man’s transparency. George Jean Nathan

A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. – Gloria Steinem