[Ads-l] Saying Origin: Age and treachery will overcome youth and skill

[Jonathan Lighter]

So true.

JL

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 1974 Houston Chronicle 11 Dec Sec 2 p 1/4
>
> Kaiser is chairman of the association's Board of Selections, and he sent
> me a whole raft of dandy mottos, including one he just coined himself:
> OLD AGE AND TREACHERY
> WILL ALWAYS DEFEAT YOUTH AND SKILL.
>
> genealogybank.com
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