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I would not say that old men grow wise, for men never grow wise; and many old men retain a very attractive childishness and cheerful innocence. Elderly people are often much more romantic than younger people, and sometimes even more adventurous, having begun to realize how many things they do not know.

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Marcel Proust

One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself.

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