“Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles.”
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We pay when old for the excesses of youth.
Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.
People until I was 60 would always say they thought I looked younger, which I think, without flattering myself, I did, but I think I certainly have, as George Orwell says people do after a certain age, the face they deserve.
When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.