I have never been a celibate. If people believe so, that is their foolishness. I have always loved women - and perhaps more women than anybody else. You can see my beard: it has become grey so quickly because I have lived so intensely that I have compressed almost two hundred years into fifty.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker denies being celibate and emphasizes intense living as the cause of aging.
- In plain terms
- I am not celibate; I lived intensely and aged quickly.
- What can you take from it?
- Intense living accelerates physical aging.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does intense living mean to you?
- How do you balance life and appearance?
Another view
Physical appearance does not necessarily prove lifestyle choices.
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