"It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, …" — Joseph Addison

Young men soon give, and soon forget affronts, old age is slow in both

We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it

Age is opportunity no less than youth itself

Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed

There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol

Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile

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