“Death is coming—but hopefully not before old age, decrepitude, and senility.
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“Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.”

“Don’t ever get old. With each year that passes, the old Viking idea of jumping off a cliff to one’s death looks better and better. The only thing to hope for is that you get so senile that you think you’re twenty years old again. That would be fun to relive.”

“Wild animals almost never die of old age: starvation, disease, or predators catch up with them long before they become really senile. Until recently this was true of man too. Most animals die in childhood, many never get beyond the egg stage. Starvation and other causes of death are the ultimate reasons why populations cannot increase indefinitely.”

“I am old, not senile,”

“Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.”