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.

Ira Gershwin

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