40s (age)

napping

It was only in my forties that I started feeling young. Henry Miller

is a cut off point. The first 40 years give life text, the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

The first forty years of life give us the text... the next thirty supply the commentary on it. Arthur Schopenhauer

is a man's best years. after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.

The best years are the forties... after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.

is when a man feels that he hasn't done what he intended, and that he hasn't got enough time left to do it.

When a man reaches his forties, he feels that he hasn't done what he intended, and that he hasn't got enough time left to do it.

is when a man is at the maximum of his villainy

The best years are the forti es; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy