Age Quote by Alfred Lord Tennyson

Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

When death comes, he respects neither age nor merit. He sweeps from the earthly existence the sick and the strong, the rich and the…

— Andrew Jackson

God is favorable to those whom he makes to die by degrees; 'tis the only benefit of old age. The last death will be…

— Michel de Montaigne

Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near,…

— Euripides

Old men go to death; but death comes to young men.

— Proverb

Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.

— David Gemmell

Every Age has its own peculiar faith. Any attempt to translate into facts the mission of one Age with the machinery of another, can…

— Giuseppe Mazzini

He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before…

— Pierre Corneille

Man's life is short; and therefore an honorable death is his immortality.

— Publilius Syrus

Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.

— George Herbert

He whom the Gods love dies young.

— Anonymous

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it…

— Giacomo Leopardi