A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“I know more about Emily Bronte than anyone I know. I know enough about her family to have been a part. I’ve… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
I am hoping that, with the added wisdom of old age, I can still look ahead for an improvement in tone, line,… — E. J. Hughes Copy Share Image
“You were young, I thought, not once but always before, always always, every day before the day just passed. You were young… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attention upon my old age; They were not such a plague when… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Old age diminishes our strength; it takes away our pleasures one after the other; it withers the soul as well as the… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“I am deep in my willed habits. From the outside, I suppose I look like an unoccupied house with one unconvincing night-light… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
“Now that you’re old, cut yourself some slack, would you? Let yourself off the hook. Give yourself a break. You don’t have… — Lionel Fisher Copy Share Image
“Old age generally involves pain and danger and inevitably ends in death. The acceptance of that takes courage. Courage deserves respect.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“... and I experienced the bitter helplessness of a taunted old man dying to be whole again.” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“It was yet another reason to stand in awe of them. I think that you should be in awe of anyone who… — Albert Espinosa Copy Share Image
THE MOMENT WHEN YOU AT CHURCH AND AN ELDERLY PERSON IS LEADING A SONG AND ADDS IN ALL THOSE EXTRA AD-LIBS!! MMMHMM..oooyyyeeaa — Joekidia Sims Copy Share Image
“[You for] the fragrant-blossomed Muses’ lovely gifts [be zealous,] girls, [and the] clear melodious lyre: [but my once tender] body old age… — Sappho Copy Share Image
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom. — Solon Copy Share Image
“The accumulated experience of old age was much more interesting than the chatter of the young.” — Jennifer Worth Copy Share Image
“Ivanov: No, my clever young thing, it's not a question of romance. I say as before God that I will endure everything… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“But the lucidity of her old age allowed her to see, and she said so many times, that the cries of children… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“So weak, so little left, time running out. I will be robbed of my old age. I try not to feel bitter… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Life is not about fairness or unfairness. It is often unjust, claiming the good and the innocent as its victims. Life is… — Michael Mayne Copy Share Image
