<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508725" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Centenarians</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I asked of ancient gaffers three<br> The way of their ripe living,<br>And this is what they told to me<br> Without Misgiving.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The First: 'The why I've lived so long,<br> To my fond recollection<br>Is that for women, wine and song<br> I've had a predilection.<br>Full many a bawdy stave I've sung<br> With wenches of my choosing,<br>But of the joys that kept me young<br> The best was boozing.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Second: 'I'm a sage revered<br> Because I was a fool<br>And with the bourgeon of my beard<br> I kept my ardour cool.<br>On health I have conserved my hold<br> By never dissipating:<br>And that is why a hundred old<br> I'm celebrating.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Third: 'The explanation I<br> Have been so long a-olding,<br>Is that to wash I never try,<br> Despite conjugal scolding.<br>I hate the sight of soap and so<br> I seldom change my shirt:<br>Believe me, Brother, there is no<br> Preservative like dirt.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So there you have the reasons three<br> Why age may you rejoice:<br>Booze, squalour and temerity,--<br> Well, you may take your choice.<br>Yet let me say, although it may<br> Your egoism hurt,<br>Of all the three it seems to me<br> The best is DIRT.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+William+Service">Robert William Service</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508725" data-title="The Centenarians de Robert William Service" data-description="I asked of ancient gaffers three The way of their ripe living, And this is what they told to me Without Misgiving. The First: 'The why I've lived so long, To my fond recollection Is that for women, wine and song I've had a predilection. Full ..."></div> </div> </div>

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