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Years know more than books.

Years and sins are always more than owned.

Years and sins are always more than admitted.

Years roll on.

Twenty years a child twenty years running wild twenty years a mature man-and after that, praying.

Better die ten years early than live ten years poor.

A hundred years a banner, a hundred years a barrow.

It takes a tree ten years to mature; it takes a man one hundred years to form.

To cultivate trees, you need 10 years. To cultivate people, you need 100 years.

A good client doesn't change shop in three years, a good shop doesn't change clients in three years.

For the first five years of your son's life treat him as a prince, for the next ten years as a slave, then as a friend for the rest of his life.

Keep a thing for at least seven years and you'll find a use for it.

Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.

What breaks in a moment may take years to mend.

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay

To hear...

It will be the same a hundred years hence.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding

Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it. Often attributed to French author Jules Renard (1864–1910)

The first hundred years are the hardest.

Youth is a kind of illness cured only by the passing years.