Age Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Tired with all these, for restful death I cry, As to behold desert a beggar born, And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity, And purest…

— William Shakespeare

And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know, Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honour'd, self-secure, Didst tread on earth unguess'd at. Better so! All pains the…

— Matthew Arnold

“My cruel fate hath warr'd with me in vain Life, glory, worth, and all unmeasur'd skill Beauty and grace, themselves in me fulfill That…

— Benvenuto Cellini

O ye dead Poets, who are living still Immortal in your verse, though life be fled, And ye, O living Poets, who are dead…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of…

— Anonymous

“Honour to the immortal dead, that great ... company of shining souls who gave their youth that the world might grow old in peace.…

— Joseph C. Banks

“Would you be immortal, Master?' I would live long enough to see my work completed. True immortality is a burden, and I scarcely have…

— Josh Reynolds

We can die by it, if not live by love, And if unfit for tombs and hearse Our legend be, it will be fit…

— John Donne

“He who fights the destinies to stay with you, He who finds his life better beside you, and clings to you despite of all…

— Nizar Qabbani

“In a battle of wills, of the gods of old. For each his revenge, will he forfeit his soul. On the chess board of…

— L.A. Starkey

“It's sad to wander about the graveyard of my tired memory, where all hurts have been forgiven, where every sin has been more than…

— Teffi

“Art thou not sorry for these heinous deeds? AARON. Ay, that I had not done a thousand more. Even now I curse the day-…

— William Shakespeare