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The older you get the greater you were!
The oldest and best known evil was ever more supportable than one that was new and untried.
-- Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592) -- Essays, Book iii, Chap. ix...
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
-- H.P. Lovecraft, 'Supernatural Horror in Literature'...
The oldest exposed surface on earth is New Zealand's south island.
The oldest of all philosophies, that of Evolution, was bound hand and foot and cast into utter darkness during the millennium of theological scholasticism.
But Darwin poured new lifeblood into the anc...
The old gun-in-the-KAOS-agent's-sphincter trick. That's the second time I've fallen for that this month.
-- Maxwell Sma...
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.
-- Samuel Woodworth (1785-1842) -- The Old Oaken Bucke...
The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are and the Old Ones will be.
.. not in the spaces we know of, but _between_ them ....
The old order changeth, yielding place to new; And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
-- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) -- The Passing of Arthu...
The old pool shooter has won many a game in his life.
But now it was time to hang up the cue. When he did all the other cues came crashing to the floor....

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