Old Age, a second child, by nature curst With more and greater evils than the first, Weak, sickly, … - Charles Churchill - Quotesmemo.com

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Reading the morning newspaper is the realist's morning. One orients one's attitude toward the either by or by what the world is. The former gives as much security as the latter, in that one knows how one stands.

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Charles Churchill

Old Age, a second child, by nature curst With more and greater evils than the first, Weak, sickly, full of pains: in ev'ry breath Railing at life, and yet afraid of death.

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