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There was a star danced, and under that was I born.
~William Shakespeare

No wise man ever wished to be younger.
~Jonathan Swift

- I mean, what is an un-birthday present?
- A present given when it isn't your birthday, of course.
Alice considered a little.
- I like birthday presents best, she said at last.
- You don't know what you're talking about! cried Humpty Dumpty. How many days are there in a year?
- Three hundred and sixty-five, said Alice
- And how many birthdays have you?
- One.
~Lewis Carroll

The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything.
~Oscar Wilde

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
~George Bernard Shaw

Age is a high price to pay for maturity.
~Tom Stoppard

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.
~George Harrison