Joseph Joubert Quotes | Old age takes from the man of intellect no qu...

"Old age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom."

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Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage, Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace.

— Samuel Johnson

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Old age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen.

— Joseph Joubert

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