But we never get back our youth… The pulse of joy that beats in us at twenty becomes sluggish. Our limbs fail, our senses rot. We degenerate into hideous puppets, haunted by the memory of the passions of which we were too much afraid, and the exquisite temptations that we had not the courage to yield to. Oscar Wilde
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This quote is pretty self-explanatory. It says that we don’t get back our youth and we lose everything and everyone we love as we age. It doesn’t matter how many times you fall, or how many times you rise, or how many people you have in your life, but sooner or later, you will lose everything.

Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray

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