Is Not Old Wine Wholesomest, Old Pippins Toothsomest, Old Wood Burns Brightest, Old Linen Wash Whitest?

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Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burns
brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweetheart, are surest,
and old lovers are soundest.
-- John Webster (c. 1580-1625)
-- Westward Hoe, Act ii, Sc. 2

I saw him now going the way of all flesh. -- John Webster (c.
1580-1625) -- Westward Hoe, Act ii, Sc. 2...
Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Richard II -- Act i, Sc.
1...
Hannibal was a very pretty fellow in those days. -- William Congreve (1670-1729) -- The Old Bachelor, Act ii, Sc.
2...
Old soldiers never die. Young ones do.

Is Not Old Wine Wholesomest, Old Pippins Toothsomest, Old Wood Burns Brightest, Old Linen Wash Whitest?

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