You cry tears when a man leaves you at any age - it doesn't matter whether you are 20 or 60.
As we descend deeper and deeper in this region its inhabitants become more and more modified, and fewer and fewer, indicating our approach towards an abyss where life is either extinguished , or exhibits but a few sparks to mark its lingering presence.
Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.