Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.
A man who shows no defect is a fool or a hypocrite, whom we should mistrust. There are defects so bound to fine qualities that they announce them,--defects which it is well not to correct.
Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But to produce this effect there must be a quality of soul and voice which is by no means common even with great singers.
Old age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom.
Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.
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