Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does—except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

—Abigail Van Buren

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The best index to a person's character is/ (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and/ (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.

—Abigail Van Buren

It is true that I was born in Iowa, but I can't speak for my twin sister.

—Abigail Van Buren

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The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

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Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.

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As you get older, it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

—Ernest Hemingway

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Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Sometimes it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household of kids or you look down and see your feet are miles and miles away from the rest of you—and you realize you've grown up.

—Jacqueline Woodson in Between Madison and Palmetto

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History

11 Jul 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.