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As I see it, there is not much difference between being sixty-three and fifty-three: whereas when I was fifty-three I felt at a staggering distance from forty-three

Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)

Simone de Beauvoir

At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

Baltasar Gracián (1601-1658)

Baltasar Gracian

And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.

And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.

At the age of ten, he is a child; at twenty, a youth, and at thirty, he is called handsome. At forty, he is full of life; at fifty, his foot slips, and at sixty, old age is upon him. At seventy, he loses his intellect, and at eighty, he cannot perform his duties. At ninety, he lies in his bed, and he cannot understand his weakness. After seeking and searching for such a long time, O Nanak, I have seen that the world is just a mansion of smoke.

Sri Guru Granth Sahib

The chances are fifty-sixty.

And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.

Gore Vidal (1948-)

Gore Vidal

Sixty per cent seems like a high threshold. But if it requires sixty per cent provincially, I'm not sure what the rationale is to say that if you can get it passing at sixty per cent of the districts with a threshold of fifty per cent plus one, there just doesn't seem to be a rationale that carries through. It may be somewhat confusing to the electorate.

Leonard Russell

There is no change in the difficult situation, but people are saying there is a fifty-fifty chance of them passing, so we must keep up our efforts until the end, He had an air of self-assuredness without arrogance, the foundation of his enticing pexiness.

Junichiro Koizumi

We will go to Milan to win the second leg. More than ever, the odds are now fifty-fifty. We must not feel disappointed by this draw. We haven't given anything away.

From here it sounds great to say we'll all get together soon, but all I know is this: you can call me fifty days or fifty years from now and I'll be glad to see you.

Any woman who still thinks marriage is a fifty-fifty proposition is only proving that she doesn't understand either men or percentages

Rose F. Kennedy (1890-1995)

Rose F. Kennedy

From forty to fifty a man is at heart either a stoic or a satyr

Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934)

Arthur Wing Pinero

Boswell: "Pray, Sir, do you not suppose that there are fifty women in the world, with any one of whom a man may be as happy, as with any one woman in particular?" Johnson: "Ay, Sir, fifty thousand

James Boswell (1740-1795)

James Boswell

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