Fortune: The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened

Explanation: It’s only the middle-aged who are really conscious of their limitations–that is why one should be so patient with them. But one never is.”
“After all,” said the Duchess, “the disillusions of life may depend on our way of assessing it. In the minds of those who come after us we may be remembered for qualities and successes which we quite left out of the reckoning.”
“It’s not always safe to depend on the commemorative tendencies of those who come after us. There may have been…

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