Muchas personas no cumplen los ochenta porque intentan durante demasiado tiempo quedarse en los cuarenta.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Dali suggests people do not live to eighty because they cling too long to their youth.
- In plain terms
- Trying to stay forty too long stops you from reaching eighty.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept aging gracefully.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How to accept aging?
- Does resisting age shorten life?
Another view
Physical age does not match mental age.
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