"An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war."
-Charles de Montesquieu
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"It is not the young people that degenerate they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.“
-Charles de Montesquieu
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"The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue."
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"Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age."
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"Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace to the community."
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"What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine."
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