Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up the net.

Franklin P. Adams

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Middle age Aging

Author

Franklin P. Adams

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Nods and Becks

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Adams, Franklin P. Nods and Becks. Whittlesey House, 1944.

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Owe your banker 1,000 and you are at his mercy; owe him 1 million and the position is reversed.

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Debt Finance

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John Maynard Keynes
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Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Keynes, John Maynard. Memo circulated to British War Cabinet. 15 May 1945.

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Old to grow, but ever learning.

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Learning Wisdom Aging Old age
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Solon

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Plutarch
Source
Solon Plutarch's Lives
Genre
Historical literature
Language
Greek
Time
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Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

Plutarch. Βίοι Παράλληλοι [Parallel Lives]. Rome, 1470.

Another quote from 1944

History is written by the winners.

George Orwell

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Author

George Orwell
Source
As I Please Tribune
Medium
Article Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." Tribune, 4 Feb. 1944.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "As I Please." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 3: As I Please 1943-1945, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2004, no 18.