Wizened old man

[loccster]

I just found out that the word wizened refers to emaciation, but wisdom, in it's original meaning. I found this while reading about Vibrio cholerae.

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[roshni888]

I got this really cute book the other day called Wrinklies, Wit & Wisdom by Jarski:

"By the time you're 80 years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it." George Burns

"I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened." Mark Twain