Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap. (Simone de Beauvoir)

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a being thrown on to the scrap-heap.

Simone de Beauvoir

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