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Thomas More

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.

Age

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When we are young, life offers us romantic love and beauty, symbolized by roses. As we grow older, even if those youthful things fade, we still have the lasting comfort of friendships and the enjoyment of wine.

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