The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty … - Doris Lessing

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How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.

Doris Lessing

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

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