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  1. Efter dagligt at have gået 5-12 km i højt pace i en hel del uger, så tog jeg her til morgen chancen med en løbetur - første I 5år ca.
    Det gik langt over forventning, selv om det ikke ligefrem gik stærk. Jeg er tilfreds
    #run #exercise #fatAway #gettingOld

  2. Efter dagligt at have gået 5-12 km i højt pace i en hel del uger, så tog jeg her til morgen chancen med en løbetur - første I 5år ca.
    Det gik langt over forventning, selv om det ikke ligefrem gik stærk. Jeg er tilfreds
    #run #exercise #fatAway #gettingOld

  3. Efter dagligt at have gået 5-12 km i højt pace i en hel del uger, så tog jeg her til morgen chancen med en løbetur - første I 5år ca.
    Det gik langt over forventning, selv om det ikke ligefrem gik stærk. Jeg er tilfreds
    #run #exercise #fatAway #gettingOld

  4. Efter dagligt at have gået 5-12 km i højt pace i en hel del uger, så tog jeg her til morgen chancen med en løbetur - første I 5år ca.
    Det gik langt over forventning, selv om det ikke ligefrem gik stærk. Jeg er tilfreds
    #run #exercise #fatAway #gettingOld

  5. Efter dagligt at have gået 5-12 km i højt pace i en hel del uger, så tog jeg her til morgen chancen med en løbetur - første I 5år ca.
    Det gik langt over forventning, selv om det ikke ligefrem gik stærk. Jeg er tilfreds
    #run #exercise #fatAway #gettingOld

  6. A quotation from Maurois

    Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
     
    [Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.]

    André Maurois (1885-1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
    The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 “The Art of Growing Old” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/maurois-andre/66030/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andremaurois #aging #badhabit #busyness #gettingold #growingold #keepingbusy #living #oldage

  7. A quotation from Maurois

    Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
     
    [Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.]

    André Maurois (1885-1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
    The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 “The Art of Growing Old” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/maurois-andre/66030/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andremaurois #aging #badhabit #busyness #gettingold #growingold #keepingbusy #living #oldage

  8. A quotation from Maurois

    Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
     
    [Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.]

    André Maurois (1885-1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
    The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 “The Art of Growing Old” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/maurois-andre/66030/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andremaurois #aging #badhabit #busyness #gettingold #growingold #keepingbusy #living #oldage

  9. A quotation from Maurois

    Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
     
    [Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.]

    André Maurois (1885-1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
    The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 “The Art of Growing Old” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/maurois-andre/66030/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andremaurois #aging #badhabit #busyness #gettingold #growingold #keepingbusy #living #oldage

  10. So, I keep waking up tired for some time now, which is less than optimal. You guys think it's time to check my iron levels?


    #GettingOld #Health #Grump
  11. yes, for those who know my general location, i am up early. it is nearly 0400 here. however, it is for good reason. around 1700, i will be starting an electrolyte cleansing (yeah, that kind) solution, finishing it less than 24 hours from now. this is going to suck! #GettingOld

  12. I was raised thinking life was like a hill. Once you get over the top, the rest is a breeze. Considering I'm still going uphill at my age, I think I'm going to live forever.

    #GettingOld #IAmOld #OverTheHill

  13. I was raised thinking life was like a hill. Once you get over the top, the rest is a breeze. Considering I'm still going uphill at my age, I think I'm going to live forever.

    #GettingOld #IAmOld #OverTheHill

  14. I was raised thinking life was like a hill. Once you get over the top, the rest is a breeze. Considering I'm still going uphill at my age, I think I'm going to live forever.

    #GettingOld #IAmOld #OverTheHill

  15. I was raised thinking life was like a hill. Once you get over the top, the rest is a breeze. Considering I'm still going uphill at my age, I think I'm going to live forever.

    #GettingOld #IAmOld #OverTheHill

  16. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  17. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  18. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  19. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  20. A quotation from C W Leadbeater

    Sometimes people grieve when they find old age coming upon them, when they find their vehicles not so strong as they used to be. They desire the strength and the faculties that they once had. It is wise for them to repress that desire, to realize that their bodies have done good work, and if they can no longer do the same amount as of yore, they should do gently and peacefully what they can, but not worry themselves over the change. Presently they will have new bodies; and the way to ensure a good vehicle is to make such use as one can of the old one, but in any case to be serene and calm and unruffled. The only way to do that is to forget self, to let all selfish desires cease, and to turn the thought outward to the helping of others as far as one’s capabilities go.

    C. W. Leadbeater (1846-1934) English clergyman, theosophist, author [Charles Webster Leadbeater]
    The Masters and the Path, ch. 14 (1925)

    More about this quote: wist.info/leadbeater-cw/83663/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #leadbeater #cwleadbeater #theosophy #aging #appreciation #besteffort #capability #decline #desire #disability #gettingold #grief #growingold #helping #henoed #illness #oldage #serenity #weakness

  21. A quotation from Philip Larkin

    Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
    Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
    People you know, yet can’t quite name.

    Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
    Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High Windows

    More about this quote: wist.info/larkin-philip/68051/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiplarkin #dementia #detachment #elderly #forgetting #gettingold #growingold #memory #oldage #senility

  22. A quotation from Philip Larkin

    Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
    Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
    People you know, yet can’t quite name.

    Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
    Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High Windows

    More about this quote: wist.info/larkin-philip/68051/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiplarkin #dementia #detachment #elderly #forgetting #gettingold #growingold #memory #oldage #senility

  23. A quotation from Philip Larkin

    Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
    Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
    People you know, yet can’t quite name.

    Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
    Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High Windows

    More about this quote: wist.info/larkin-philip/68051/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiplarkin #dementia #detachment #elderly #forgetting #gettingold #growingold #memory #oldage #senility

  24. A quotation from Philip Larkin

    Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms
    Inside your head, and having people in them, acting.
    People you know, yet can’t quite name.

    Philip Larkin (1922-1985) English poet, novelist, librarian
    Poem (1974), “The Old Fools,” High Windows

    More about this quote: wist.info/larkin-philip/68051/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #philiplarkin #dementia #detachment #elderly #forgetting #gettingold #growingold #memory #oldage #senility

  25. I had to write the date on a small sample container (anyone my age will know 🙂).

    I could use a pen, but it is a small area and my hand writing is crap at the best of times.

    Is it wrong to use a £2k UV cured ink jet printer to print it in OCR-B in the exact space?

    #eufymake #gettingold

  26. Getting old makes everything difficult. I used to be able to change out the battery in my smoke detector with no trouble. But now getting up on the top step of the step stool to get the detector down from the ceiling is difficult and scary, and getting down again even more so.

    I took it slow and steady and succeeded. The new battery is supposed to last five years. I wonder if I'll still be able to do it then.
    #GettingOld #Today

  27. A quotation from Barzun

    Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.

    Jacques Barzun (1907-2012) French-American historian, educator, polymath
    Quoted in Arthur Krystal, “Age of Reason,” The New Yorker (2007-10-15)

    More about this quote: wist.info/barzun-jacques/66891…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #barzun #jacquesbarzun #aging #lifestyle #oldage #gettingold #growingold

  28. A quotation from Barzun

    Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.

    Jacques Barzun (1907-2012) French-American historian, educator, polymath
    Quoted in Arthur Krystal, “Age of Reason,” The New Yorker (2007-10-15)

    More about this quote: wist.info/barzun-jacques/66891…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #barzun #jacquesbarzun #aging #lifestyle #oldage #gettingold #growingold

  29. A quotation from Barzun

    Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.

    Jacques Barzun (1907-2012) French-American historian, educator, polymath
    Quoted in Arthur Krystal, “Age of Reason,” The New Yorker (2007-10-15)

    More about this quote: wist.info/barzun-jacques/66891…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #barzun #jacquesbarzun #aging #lifestyle #oldage #gettingold #growingold

  30. A quotation from Barzun

    Old age is like learning a new profession. And not one of your own choosing.

    Jacques Barzun (1907-2012) French-American historian, educator, polymath
    Quoted in Arthur Krystal, “Age of Reason,” The New Yorker (2007-10-15)

    More about this quote: wist.info/barzun-jacques/66891…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #barzun #jacquesbarzun #aging #lifestyle #oldage #gettingold #growingold

  31. A quotation from Dave Barry

       Is there something you can do about it? You’re darned right there is! You can fight back. Mister Old Age is not going to get you, by golly! All you need is a little determination — a willingness to get out of that reclining lounge chair, climb into that sweatsuit, lace on those running shoes, stride out that front door, and hurl yourself in front of that municipal bus.
       No, wait. Sorry. For a moment there I got carried away by the bleakness of it all. Forget what I said. Really. There is absolutely no need to become suicidally depressed about the fact that every organ in your body is headed straight down the toilet.

    Dave Barry (b. 1947) American humorist, author, columnist
    Dave Barry Turns 40, ch. 2 “Your Disintegrating Body” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/barry-dave/82870/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #davebarry #body #exercise #gettingold #growingold #health #oldage #physicalfitness

  32. A quotation from Dave Barry

       Is there something you can do about it? You’re darned right there is! You can fight back. Mister Old Age is not going to get you, by golly! All you need is a little determination — a willingness to get out of that reclining lounge chair, climb into that sweatsuit, lace on those running shoes, stride out that front door, and hurl yourself in front of that municipal bus.
       No, wait. Sorry. For a moment there I got carried away by the bleakness of it all. Forget what I said. Really. There is absolutely no need to become suicidally depressed about the fact that every organ in your body is headed straight down the toilet.

    Dave Barry (b. 1947) American humorist, author, columnist
    Dave Barry Turns 40, ch. 2 “Your Disintegrating Body” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/barry-dave/82870/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #davebarry #body #exercise #gettingold #growingold #health #oldage #physicalfitness

  33. A quotation from Dave Barry

       Is there something you can do about it? You’re darned right there is! You can fight back. Mister Old Age is not going to get you, by golly! All you need is a little determination — a willingness to get out of that reclining lounge chair, climb into that sweatsuit, lace on those running shoes, stride out that front door, and hurl yourself in front of that municipal bus.
       No, wait. Sorry. For a moment there I got carried away by the bleakness of it all. Forget what I said. Really. There is absolutely no need to become suicidally depressed about the fact that every organ in your body is headed straight down the toilet.

    Dave Barry (b. 1947) American humorist, author, columnist
    Dave Barry Turns 40, ch. 2 “Your Disintegrating Body” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/barry-dave/82870/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #davebarry #body #exercise #gettingold #growingold #health #oldage #physicalfitness

  34. A quotation from Dave Barry

       Is there something you can do about it? You’re darned right there is! You can fight back. Mister Old Age is not going to get you, by golly! All you need is a little determination — a willingness to get out of that reclining lounge chair, climb into that sweatsuit, lace on those running shoes, stride out that front door, and hurl yourself in front of that municipal bus.
       No, wait. Sorry. For a moment there I got carried away by the bleakness of it all. Forget what I said. Really. There is absolutely no need to become suicidally depressed about the fact that every organ in your body is headed straight down the toilet.

    Dave Barry (b. 1947) American humorist, author, columnist
    Dave Barry Turns 40, ch. 2 “Your Disintegrating Body” (1990)

    More about this quote: wist.info/barry-dave/82870/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #davebarry #body #exercise #gettingold #growingold #health #oldage #physicalfitness

  35. RE: gamerstavern.online/@alex/1162

    I'm "I'm back to complaining about getting old using the I'm "insert some getting old downside here" years old meme to complain about getting old" years old.

    Memeception!
    Subtitle: YO DAWG, we heard you like complaining about getting old so we put a meme about getting old into your message about complaining on getting old!

    #Meme #GettingOld

  36. I woke up with an aching shoulder.

    Thank you body for constantly reminding I'm not that young anymore.
    At least I know the shoulder is still there 🤔

    #GettingOld

  37. The weird thing about getting old is that young people seem to get younger too.

    #age #gettingold

  38. Young me:
    Sun's out!... Guns out!

    Old me:
    Sun's out!... Oh, quick, get the washing on the line!

  39. Stuff I wanted from a car at various ages:

    18: Cheap. Occasionally parts can fall off. -> Fiat Uno for 1k DM

    25: Company car. Oh the camshaft exploded? Not my problem! Yay!

    30: No car needed. Yay? -> DLR, Taxi and corporate cab account.

    45: Cheap. Energy efficient. Reliable. Big trunk. -> Astra J 1.7 CDTI for under €5k

    Now: Cheap*. Energy efficient. Reliable. Big trunk. 20 cm ground clearance. Bad road suspension. Seats that don't hurt my back.

    No wonder its so hard to find with these growing needs :)

    *Cheap means: If I have to spend more than €5k on a car it better be fucking awesome, lifts itself up for repair access, lasts forever, runs on beaver farts and not look like a malformed egg.

    #UsedCarShopping #Car #GettingOld

  40. A quotation from Thomas Bailey Aldrich

    All the best sands of my life are somehow getting into the wrong end of the hourglass. If I could only reverse it! Were it in my power to do so, would I?

    Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
    “Leaves from a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)

    More about this quote: wist.info/aldrich-thomas-baile…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasbaileyaldrich #aging #gettingold #growingold #lifespan #reversetime #youth

  41. A quotation from Thomas Bailey Aldrich

    All the best sands of my life are somehow getting into the wrong end of the hourglass. If I could only reverse it! Were it in my power to do so, would I?

    Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
    “Leaves from a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)

    More about this quote: wist.info/aldrich-thomas-baile…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasbaileyaldrich #aging #gettingold #growingold #lifespan #reversetime #youth

  42. A quotation from Thomas Bailey Aldrich

    All the best sands of my life are somehow getting into the wrong end of the hourglass. If I could only reverse it! Were it in my power to do so, would I?

    Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
    “Leaves from a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)

    More about this quote: wist.info/aldrich-thomas-baile…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasbaileyaldrich #aging #gettingold #growingold #lifespan #reversetime #youth

  43. A quotation from Thomas Bailey Aldrich

    All the best sands of my life are somehow getting into the wrong end of the hourglass. If I could only reverse it! Were it in my power to do so, would I?

    Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
    “Leaves from a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)

    More about this quote: wist.info/aldrich-thomas-baile…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasbaileyaldrich #aging #gettingold #growingold #lifespan #reversetime #youth

  44. A quotation from Horace

    Years foll’wing Years, steal something ev’ry day,
    At last they steal us from our selves away;
    In one our Frolicks, one Amusements end,
    In one a Mistress drops, in one a Friend:
    This subtle Thief of Life, this paltry Time,
    What will it leave me, if it snatch my Rhime?
     
    [Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes;
    eripuere iocos, Venerem, convivia, ludum;
    tendunt extorquere poemata: quid faciam vis?]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 2 “To Julius Florus,” l. 55ff (2.2.55-57) (14 BC) [tr. Pope (1737)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #erosion #failing #gettingold #growingold #health #oldage #steal #take #time #years

  45. A quotation from Horace

    Years foll’wing Years, steal something ev’ry day,
    At last they steal us from our selves away;
    In one our Frolicks, one Amusements end,
    In one a Mistress drops, in one a Friend:
    This subtle Thief of Life, this paltry Time,
    What will it leave me, if it snatch my Rhime?
     
    [Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes;
    eripuere iocos, Venerem, convivia, ludum;
    tendunt extorquere poemata: quid faciam vis?]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 2 “To Julius Florus,” l. 55ff (2.2.55-57) (14 BC) [tr. Pope (1737)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #erosion #failing #gettingold #growingold #health #oldage #steal #take #time #years

  46. A quotation from Horace

    Years foll’wing Years, steal something ev’ry day,
    At last they steal us from our selves away;
    In one our Frolicks, one Amusements end,
    In one a Mistress drops, in one a Friend:
    This subtle Thief of Life, this paltry Time,
    What will it leave me, if it snatch my Rhime?
     
    [Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes;
    eripuere iocos, Venerem, convivia, ludum;
    tendunt extorquere poemata: quid faciam vis?]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 2 “To Julius Florus,” l. 55ff (2.2.55-57) (14 BC) [tr. Pope (1737)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #erosion #failing #gettingold #growingold #health #oldage #steal #take #time #years

  47. A quotation from Horace

    Years foll’wing Years, steal something ev’ry day,
    At last they steal us from our selves away;
    In one our Frolicks, one Amusements end,
    In one a Mistress drops, in one a Friend:
    This subtle Thief of Life, this paltry Time,
    What will it leave me, if it snatch my Rhime?
     
    [Singula de nobis anni praedantur euntes;
    eripuere iocos, Venerem, convivia, ludum;
    tendunt extorquere poemata: quid faciam vis?]

    Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
    Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 2 “To Julius Florus,” l. 55ff (2.2.55-57) (14 BC) [tr. Pope (1737)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/14802/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #erosion #failing #gettingold #growingold #health #oldage #steal #take #time #years

  48. Me in 2012: "Hey, it’s only 23:30! I can still work on some servers and updates!"
    Me in 2026: "Hey, it’s 21! I can finally go to bed and rest my eyes!"

    #TimeFlies #GettingOld