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Age Quotes by Alexander Pope
- But if you'll prosper, mark what I advise, Whom age, and long experience render wise.
- Is that a birthday? 'tis, alas! too clear; 'Tis but the funeral of the former year.
- Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw; Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder,…
- When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old,…
- Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice - A bloodless race,…
- Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but…
More Age Quotes
- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and… — Francis Bacon
- I didn't know a time when there wasn't a war because I spent all my time from the age of two or… — David Bailey
- Thirty was a big deal for me. It was the age where I reevaluated everything - how I approached life and how… — Amy Adams