--- title: "4 Ageing Quotes By Roman Payne" description: "4 Ageing quotes by Roman Payne. Plus more from Roman Payne and more Ageing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/roman-payne-1959_abandon_it-is-only-in-the-peach-innocence-of-you_1451860.jpg" --- > [“It is only in the peach innocence of youth that life is at its crest on top of the wheel. And there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/it-is-only-in-the-peach-innocence-of-youth-that-life-is-at-its-crest/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61b/roman-payne-1959_abandon_it-is-only-in-the-peach-innocence-of-you_1451860.jpg) > [“The youthful body untouched decays the fastest, for no living hands record its splendor; and here youth and time are wasted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/the-youthful-body-untouched-decays-the-fastest-for-no-living-hands/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c4/roman-payne-1959_ageing_the-youthful-body-untouched-decays-the-f_1488967.jpg) > [“Without knowing why or how, I found myself in love with this strange Wanderess. Maybe I was just in love with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/without-knowing-why-or-how-i-found-myself-in-love-with-this-strange/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/roman-payne-1959_ageing_without-knowing-why-or-how-i-found-mysel_2049155.jpg) > [“When I was younger, I would cling to life because life was at the top of the turning wheel. But like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/when-i-was-younger-i-would-cling-to-life-because-life-was-at-the-top/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/roman-payne-1959_abandon_when-i-was-younger-i-would-cling-to-life_2674829.jpg) ## Other authors on Ageing - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-betty-sue-flowers-17616.jpg) Aubrey de Grey 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ageing/aubrey-de-grey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-s-jay-olshansky-82083.jpg) S. Jay Olshansky 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ageing/s-jay-olshansky/) ## More by Roman Payne > [“She is my morning, she is my evening; we have a love that blooms over and again, more beautifully each time than the last.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/she-is-my-morning-she-is-my-evening-we-have-a-love-that-blooms-over/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“Ô, Wanderess, Wanderess When did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/wanderess-wanderess-when-did-you-feel-your-most-euphoric-kiss-was-i/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“No man sings as beautifully as when his song is accompanied by a woman’s voice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/no-man-sings-as-beautifully-as-when-his-song-is-accompanied-by-a/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“As I look back on my life, I think of how few rules should be followed. As for men, they must learn bravery and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/as-i-look-back-on-my-life-i-think-of-how-few-rules-should-be-followed/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“The green-eyed angel came in less than a half hour and fell docile as a lamb into my arms. We kissed and caressed, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/the-green-eyed-angel-came-in-less-than-a-half-hour-and-fell-docile-as/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“When a Wanderess has been caged, Or perched with her wings clipped, She lives like a Stoic, and lives most heroic, When she smiles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/when-a-wanderess-has-been-caged-or-perched-with-her-wings-clipped-she/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/never-did-the-world-make-a-queen-of-a-girl-who-hides-in-houses-and/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“Champagne arrived in flûtes on trays, and we emptied them with gladness in our hearts... for when feasts are laid and classical music is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/champagne-arrived-in-fl-tes-on-trays-and-we-emptied-them-with/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“We look up to see if it is day or night. If stars burn cool and moon does shine, we take to smoke divine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/we-look-up-to-see-if-it-is-day-or-night-if-stars-burn-cool-and-moon/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“We were hooked when we woke. We had arms for each other. But I yearned to resume My dreams of another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/we-were-hooked-when-we-woke-we-had-arms-for-each-other-but-i-yearned/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“We made love outdoors Without a roof, I like most, Without stove, to make love, assuming the weather be fair and balmy, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/we-made-love-outdoors-without-a-roof-i-like-most-without-stove-to/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead my mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/i-was-angry-at-myself-for-my-inclination-to-vice-i-longed-for-the-day/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“In my experience, when a woman's cruelty is combined with love and devotion, it is almost always without exception an act performed not out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/in-my-experience-when-a-woman-s-cruelty-is-combined-with-love-and/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“With the need for the self in the time of another / I left my seaport grim and dear / knowing good work could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/with-the-need-for-the-self-in-the-time-of-another-i-left-my-seaport/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) > [“Coffee, my delight of the morning; yoga, my delight of the noon. Then before nightfall, I run along the pleasant paths of the Jardin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roman-payne/coffee-my-delight-of-the-morning-yoga-my-delight-of-the-noon-then/) [Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roman-payne/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ageing/roman-payne/#itemlist", "name": "4 Ageing Quotes By Roman Payne", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It is only in the peach innocence of youth that life is at its crest on top of the wheel. And there being only life, the young cling to it, they fear death... 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