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“I know of no greater fallacy.. than the statement that youth is the happiest time of life.  As we advance in years we really grow happier, if we live intelligently.  The universe is spectacular, and it is a free show.  Increase of difficulties and responsibilities strengthens and enriches the mind, and adds to the variety of life.  To live abundantly is like climbing a mountain or a tower.  To say that youth is happier than maturity is like saying that the view from the botton of the tower is better than the view from the top.  As we ascend, the range of our view widens immersely; the horizon is pushed farther away.  Finally, •as we reach the summit it is as if we had the world at our feet.” - William Lyon Phelps

The Beauty of Age, Virgil Bentley