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The Epigram That Time Forgot - An Oversight!

The Epigram That Time Forgot - An Oversight!

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John Mendelssohn
Nov 02, 2010
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The Epigram That Time Forgot - An Oversight!
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I have just realized with horror — because it is one my most luminously wry — that I neglected to include this in my catalog of epigrams the other day:

You're not getting older. You're getting bitter.


You may feel free to deploy it at cocktail and other parties with full attribution.

Oh, and while we're here, I think I'll throw this one in too:

You've got y…

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