Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.

—Maurice Chevalier

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About Maurice Chevalier

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Maurice Auguste Chevalier (French: [mɔʁis ʃəvalje]; 12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls", and for his films, including The Love Parade,...

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An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.

—Maurice Chevalier

The crime of loving is forgetting.

—Maurice Chevalier

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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

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When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

—George Burns

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We often hear of the beauties of old age, but the only old age that is beautiful is the one the man has been long preparing for by living a beautiful life. Every one of us is right now preparing for old age.… There may be a substitute somewhere in the world for Good Nature, but I do not know where it can be found. The secret of salvation is this: keep sweet, be useful, and keep busy.

—Elbert Hubbard

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Old women snore violently. They are like bodies into which bizarre animals have crept at night; the animals are vicious, bawdy, noisy. How they snore! There is no shame to their snoring. Old women turn into old men.

—Joyce Carol Oates

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Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example.

—Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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