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" Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves. "

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" My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church. "

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" Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face. "

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" Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty. "

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