Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one's old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one's soul's healthy.


Epicurus

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Too young to care; Too old to change.
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I'm too young to feel this old.
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I am too young to be called wise and I am too old to be called young.
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Too young for Korea, too old for Vietnam.
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I'm much too young to feel this damn old.
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A surgeon should be young a physician old.
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A surgeon should be young a physician old.
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I'm much too young to feel this damn old.
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I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care.
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I am too old for an eyebrow piercing but too young for an eyebrow lift.
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One is never too old to yearn.
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