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“Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to take advice.” — Ecclesiastes 4:13 · Book of Ecclesiastes, Hebrew Bible
“Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life.” — Proverbs 16:31 · Book of Proverbs, Hebrew Bible
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” — Epictetus · Fragments
“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.” — Seneca · Letters to Lucilius
“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.” — Marcus Aurelius · Meditations, Book IX