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Fanny Burney Quotes about Age

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an old woman ... is a person who has no sense of decency; if once she takes to living, the devil himself can't get rid of her.

an old woman ... is a person who has no sense of decency; if once she takes to living, the devil himself can't get rid of her.

Fanny Burney
Age, Devil, Old Woman
Fanny Burney (1782). “Cecilia, Or Memoirs of an Heiress”, p.137

while we all desire to live long, we have all a horror of being old!

Fanny Burney
Long, Age, Desire
Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.514, Delphi Classics

There is something in age that ever, even in its own despite, must be venerable, must create respect and to have it ill treated, is to me worse, more cruel and wicked than anything on earth

Fanny Burney
Wicked, Age, Earth

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