Outlandish Proverb of the Week #345
"He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise."
Collected by George Herbert, 1633.
"testimony has great weight, and casts the balance" Dr. Samuel Johnson
2 Comments:
I'm shooting for wise at 50.
I'm shooting for perfected in heaven...that is sending it ahead and hoping that the beauty, strenght and wisdom not bestowed now would come in a more permament form there.
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