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Just did some calculations and realizations..

#Metallica the band, is 55 years old this year, not the members, the BAND ITSELF.

#Music #Age #OldAge #ImGettingOld

Nine easy tests to find out if you are ageing well

The trouble with getting older is that it sneaks up on you. One day everything feels as it…
#NewsBeep #News #Fitness #Ageing #Health #iWeekend #Mentalhealth #oldage #physicalexercise #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/573944/

'Rather than trying to “fix” falling #birthrates, #policymakers should prepare for an #older #population – from rethinking how #oldage support is funded, to enabling people to remain in #work for longer. “Simply telling people to have more #babies is unlikely to work,” said CPC-CG member Dr Bernice Kuang' (Department of #SocialStatistics and #Demography at the University of #Southampton), who spoke with #TheGuardian last week about the latest #ONS #PopulationProjections.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/may/02/what-happens-when-deaths-outnumber-births

Old Age

They walk side by side,
not fast, but never apart—
love learned to endure.

#haiku #poem #poetry #poems #old #age #oldage

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

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

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

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

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

My Favourite Cake: Bittersweet Tale of Growing Old 🍰

My Favourite Cake (کیک محبوب م) is an intriguing Iranian film, co-written and directed by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha. It’s a film for older generations, made by people from a younger generation.

It follows the life of 70-year-old Mahinn (Lily Farhadpour) who lives in Tehran. In a bittersweet brief burst of fun, she meets a man who makes her feel alive again and the story goes from there.

Themes of Joy and Oppression in My Favourite Cake

There’s a simple plot here that plays out over 97 minutes. In a nation where women’s rights are restricted, and widowed for 30 years, Mahin decides to live out a few desires in her old age.

She’s inspired after seeing an incident where police officers arrest some young women due to their dress sense and hair.

She then meets up with some friends for a tea party, which inspires her to go off and have a bit of fun. She heads out into Tehran and meets mild-mannered taxi driver Faramarz (Esmail Mehrabi).

Although nervous, she invites him back to her home and they have a few drinks and spend an evening discussing the past.

Tipsy and having a laugh, they put on some banging beats and indulge in a rave. In a scene that highlights the quietly subversive nature of the film, alongside its good natured lust for life.

What happens next we won’t mention as it’s a big spoiler. But My Favourite Cake is, ultimately, a bittersweet tale of sadness, loss, and finding happiness in occasional moments.

Its sedate pace and message is suited more for older viewers, as it doesn’t offer an edgy or punchy take on ageing. It’s more an acceptance of the realities with comedic flourishes and those sad moments, too. Great viewing, then, and we think many people would learn a great deal from it.

The Production of My Favourite Cake

Unfortunately, the Iranian government took action against the directors from September 2023 onward. This included having their passports confiscated, being threatened with criminal charges, and their homes being raided.

This meant the directors couldn’t travel to some events to promote their film. Including at its premier at the Berlin International Film Festival. Unfortunately, this has continued through to December 2024 with the directors placed on trial for making a “vulgar” movie. Just ridiculous given the film’s sweet-natured themes.

The two lead actors were able to attend the film’s premiere, with Lily Farhadpour noting:

“Favourite Cake is a film made in praise of life. This is a story based on the reality of the everyday lives of middle-class women in Iran, a close look at a woman’s solitude as she enters her golden years. A vision of the reality of women’s lives which has not often been told. It is a story that is contrary to the common image of Iranian women, and similar to the life stories of many lonely people on this planet, about savouring the short, sweet moments in life.”

The film met with critical acclaim and won a bunch of European film festival awards, including the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the Berlin Film Festival.

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

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

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

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

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 3.62 Bhayasutta: Perils

“There are, bhikkhus, these three perils that separate mother and son.…”

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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 3.62 Bhayasutta: Perils

“There are, bhikkhus, these three perils that separate mother and son.…”

Read the sutta
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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 3.62 Bhayasutta: Perils

“There are, bhikkhus, these three perils that separate mother and son.…”

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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 3.62 Bhayasutta: Perils

“There are, bhikkhus, these three perils that separate mother and son.…”

Read the sutta
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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 3.62 Bhayasutta: Perils

“There are, bhikkhus, these three perils that separate mother and son.…”

Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-3-62-bhayasutta-perils-2/?=MDS

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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

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

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

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

The Telangana Assembly has passed a new Bill mandating employees and public representatives to financially support their elderly parents, with penalties for non-compliance. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/salary-cut-for-neglecting-parents-telangana-assembly-passes-new-bill-e6p94j4o?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Telangana #TelanganaAssembly #OldAge #LatestNews

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

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

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

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

One of the things about getting old, that was never mentioned when I was younger, is having to shave ear hair.

It is almost becoming a daily activity, that I didn't expect.

#oldage #young #GettinOld #ears #shaving #hair

Putting my dad into a nursing home is turning into a way more stressful time than it should be as the Centrelink people have got the details on their assessment wrong and they won't admit it.

Anyone else in #Australia #tasmania had to go through this recently and give me some advice, or just chat?

#OldAge #NursingHome #centrelink

Putting my dad into a nursing home is turning into a way more stressful time than it should be as the Centrelink people have got the details on their assessment wrong and they won't admit it.

Anyone else in #Australia #tasmania had to go through this recently and give me some advice, or just chat?

#OldAge #NursingHome #centrelink

Putting my dad into a nursing home is turning into a way more stressful time than it should be as the Centrelink people have got the details on their assessment wrong and they won't admit it.

Anyone else in #Australia #tasmania had to go through this recently and give me some advice, or just chat?

#OldAge #NursingHome #centrelink

Putting my dad into a nursing home is turning into a way more stressful time than it should be as the Centrelink people have got the details on their assessment wrong and they won't admit it.

Anyone else in #Australia #tasmania had to go through this recently and give me some advice, or just chat?

#OldAge #NursingHome #centrelink

Putting my dad into a nursing home is turning into a way more stressful time than it should be as the Centrelink people have got the details on their assessment wrong and they won't admit it.

Anyone else in #Australia #tasmania had to go through this recently and give me some advice, or just chat?

#OldAge #NursingHome #centrelink

Fascinating:

“The Yoghurt Delivery Women Combatting Loneliness In Japan”, BBC (https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20260302-the-yoghurt-delivery-women-combatting-loneliness-in-japan).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47287344

#Japan #OldAge #Yakult #Loneliness #Yoghurt #Curd #Probiotic #GutHealth #Women

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

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

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

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

A quotation from Henri Estienne

If youth knew; if age could.
 
[O si jeunesse scavoit,
O si vieillesse pouvoit.]

Henri Estienne (1528 or 1531-1598) French printer and classical scholar [a.k.a. Henricus Stephanus]
Les Prémices, ou Le I livre Des Proverbes epigrammatizez [The First Fruits, or the First Book of Epigrammatized Proverbs], ch. 4, ep. 4 (1594)

More about this quote: wist.info/estienne-henri/21417…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #capability #ability #ignorance #irony #maturity #oldage #weakness #youth

A quotation from Henri Estienne

If youth knew; if age could.
 
[O si jeunesse scavoit,
O si vieillesse pouvoit.]

Henri Estienne (1528 or 1531-1598) French printer and classical scholar [a.k.a. Henricus Stephanus]
Les Prémices, ou Le I livre Des Proverbes epigrammatizez [The First Fruits, or the First Book of Epigrammatized Proverbs], ch. 4, ep. 4 (1594)

More about this quote: wist.info/estienne-henri/21417…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #capability #ability #ignorance #irony #maturity #oldage #weakness #youth

A quotation from John Adams

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
(Attributed)

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A quotation from John Adams

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
(Attributed)

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A quotation from John Adams

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
(Attributed)

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A quotation from John Adams

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
(Attributed)

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A quotation from John Adams

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
(Attributed)

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SN 1.51 Jarāsutta: Old Age

“What’s still good in old age?…”

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A quotation from George Bernard Shaw

FANNY: I don’t mind this play shocking my father morally. It’s good for him to be shocked morally. It’s all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
Fanny’s First Play, “Induction” (1911)

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A quotation from Shaw

FANNY: I don’t mind this play shocking my father morally. It’s good for him to be shocked morally. It’s all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright and critic
Fanny’s First Play, “Induction” (1911)

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