winter of life

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And I began to feel in the boys a curious, wary, bewildered despair, as though they were now settling in for the long, hard winter of life.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

We do not have a springtime and a summer and an autumn and a winter of life every year.

From Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph)

Doubtless there are many workmen who follow a more rational course, who are reaping and storing the harvest for the comfort and security of themselves and their families during the winter of life.

From Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business by Lipman, Frederick L. (Frederic Lockwood)

In the rock's gloomy crevice the bright holly grows, The ivy waves fresh o'er the withering rose; And the evergreen love of a virtuous wife Smooths the roughness of care—cheers the winter of life.

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

I had no use for it myself, for habits don’t change when the winter of life is begun.

From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee