英语词汇life begins at forty的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	life begins at forty
词源	life begins at forty. This saying takes its name from Walter B. Pitkin’s 1932 book Life Begins at Forty. For many years people accepted the age of 40 as the maximum the majority of people would achieve, but today most people would aim or hope for 90 or even 100, would feel insulted by a mere 40!
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