I'm growing fonder of my staff; I'm growing dimmer in my eyes; I'm growing fainter in my laugh; I'm growing deeper in my sighs; I'm growing careless of my dress; I'm growing frugal of my gold; I'm growing wise; I'm growing--yes,-- I'm growing old.
John Godfrey Saxe
I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without, Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed, Knows the high art of what and how to read.
reading doubt art libraries read love books
Give me kisses! Nay, 'tis true I am just as rich as you; And for every kiss I owe, I can pay you back, you know. Kiss me, then, Every moment, and again.
romance kisses
funny humor old-age aging growing-old
Tis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!
creativity inspirational
At Learning's fountain it is sweet to drink, But 'tis a nobler privilege to think.
learning thinking
INGLORIOUS friend! Most confident I am Thy life is one of very little ease; Albeit men mock thee with their similes And prate of being happy as a clam!
life men
NAY, weep not, dearest, though the child be dead; He lives again in Heaven's unclouded life
life
God bless the man who first invented sleep! So Sancho Panza said, and so say I.
sleep man
It was six men of Hindustan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind) That each by observation Might satisfy the mind.
mind men
Young men! It 's a critical thing to go Exactly right with a lady in tow; But when you are in the proper track, Just go ahead, and never look back!
rights men
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