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Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.

— Clarence Day

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.

— Michel de Montaigne

Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks.

— Thomas Browne

Whenever I go to New York or any European country, they say: 'Nawal, why don't you get a facelift?' I tell them, 'I am proud of my wrinkles. Every wrinkle on my face tells the story of my life. Why should I hide my age?'

— Nawal El Saadawi

It's inevitable: as I get older, I am going to get more wrinkles; it's something you have to accept.

— Louise Nurding

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

— James A. Garfield

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

— Billie Burke

I've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne Moreau. I always wanted to be older; I always added years to my life. For the longest time, if people thought I was older, I would take it as a compliment.

— Diane von Furstenberg

The latest wrinkle is on wrinkles. There is a widespread belief that women can't grow old in television news.

— Jessica Savitch

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

— Douglas MacArthur

✗Opposing Perspectives

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

— John Kenneth Galbraith