En ge ne ral, plus un peuple est civilise , poli, moins ses moeurs sont poe tiques; tout s'affaiblit en s'adoucissant. Ingeneral, themore civilized and refinedthepeople, the less poetic are its morals; everything weakens as it mellows.
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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
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With years a richer life begins, The spirit mellows: Ripe age gives tone to violins, Wine, and good fellows.
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