Golden Years


"The prosperity of a country can be seen simply in how it treats its old people." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

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"I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either. " ~~ Jack Benny

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"What grows never grows old." ~~ Noah Benshea

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"A young man has to live and an old man wants to." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

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"Because of war, old age creeps up on you. Of Joshua, after waging war with thirty-one kings, it is said: And Joshua became old and stricken in years." ~~ Tanchuma

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"A thing learnt in childhood is proven in old age." ~~ Traditional Proverb

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"Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples. " ~~ George Burns

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"It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like. " ~~ Jackie Mason

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"You shall rise before the aged and show deference to the old." ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 19:32

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"Men worry over the loss of their possessions, not over the loss of their years---which never return." ~~ Traditional Proverb

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