“From forty till fifty a man is at heart either a stoic or a satyr.”

—  Arthur Wing Pinero

The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Act 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=P4A-AAAAYAAJ&q=%22From+forty+till+fifty+a+man+is+at+heart+either+a+stoic+or+a+satyr%22&pg=PA38#v=onepage (1893)

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