Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair. -Ira Gershwin

 

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.


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This quote is just one of 4 total Ira Gershwin quotes in our collection. Ira Gershwin is known for saying 'Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.

Ira Gershwin

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state.

Ira Gershwin

One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.

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