Age Quotes by William Shakespeare · Page 2

How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!

— William Shakespeare

A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

— William Shakespeare

A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out.

— William Shakespeare

In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales Of woeful ages, long…

— William Shakespeare

I would with such perfection govern, sir, T'excel the golden age.

— William Shakespeare

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety, other women cloy.

— William Shakespeare

Doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.

— William Shakespeare

You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both.

— William Shakespeare

Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age, Conferring them on younger strengths, while we Unburdened crawl…

— William Shakespeare

I would there were no age between sixteen and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing…

— William Shakespeare

If I could write the beauty of your eyes And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would…

— William Shakespeare

I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny, who sways, not as it hath power,…

— William Shakespeare

Never; he will not: Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety: other women cloy The appetites they feed: but…

— William Shakespeare

A goodly portly man, i' faith, and a corpulent; of a cheerful look, a pleasing eye, and a most noble carriage; and,…

— William Shakespeare

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere, the yellow leaf, and that which should…

— William Shakespeare

Here's flowers for you; Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram; The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun And with him rises…

— William Shakespeare

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasance, age is full of care.

— William Shakespeare

I am too old to fawn upon a nurse, Too far in years to be a pupil now.

— William Shakespeare

An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye; Give him a little…

— William Shakespeare

Do you set down your name in the scroll of youth, that are written down old with all the characters of age?

— William Shakespeare

Retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave.

— William Shakespeare

Come now, what masques, what dances shall we have To wear away this long age of three hours Between our after-supper and…

— William Shakespeare

Shorten my days thou canst with sullen sorrow, And pluck nights from me, but not lend a morrow; Thou canst help time…

— William Shakespeare

Youth is full of sport, age's breath is short; youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is hot and bold, age is…

— William Shakespeare

The weariest and most loathed worldly life, that age, ache, penury and imprisonment can lay on nature is a paradise, to what…

— William Shakespeare

O sir, you are old; nature in you stands on the very verge of her confine; you should be ruled and led…

— William Shakespeare

For what is wedlock forced but a hell, An age of discord and continual strife? Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss, And is…

— William Shakespeare