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When we are young we squander time as though it were unlimited; When we grow older, then like beggars we wish for crumbs of remembrance...

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When we are young we squander time as though it were unlimited; When we grow older, then like beggars we wish for crumbs of remembrance...

Tags: elder, old age, point of view, time passing, time, wisdom, young, youthful

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