Age Quotes by William Shakespeare

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

— William Shakespeare

The old folk, time's doting chronicles.

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee.

— William Shakespeare

When the age is in, the wit is out

— William Shakespeare

Nor age so eat up my invention.

— William Shakespeare

As you are old and reverend, you should be wise.

— William Shakespeare

At your age The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's humble.

— 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

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— William Shakespeare

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

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

— William Shakespeare

I may chance have some odd quirks and remnants of wit broken on me, because I have railed so long against marriage:…

— William Shakespeare

Crabbed age and youth cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, age…

— William Shakespeare

Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc…

— William Shakespeare

Therefore was I created with a stubborn outside, with an aspect of iron, that when I come to woo ladies, I fright…

— William Shakespeare

That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which…

— William Shakespeare

Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; for in my youth I never did apply hot and rebellious liquors…

— William Shakespeare

Though now this grained face of mine be hid In sap-consuming winter's drizzled snow, And all the conduits of my blood froze…

— William Shakespeare

Is it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should…

— William Shakespeare

When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced The rich proud cost of outworn buried age; When sometime lofty towers I…

— William Shakespeare

You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.

— 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

Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left…

— William Shakespeare

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

— 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