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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is…

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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.

Victor Hugo, in Life and Death

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Edit CommentApology  ·  posted 2000 by Paul

Can someone help me with the correct wording and origin for the quote: "Men can apologize, but only God can forgive."? Thanks, Paul Lutz Drexel Hill