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Age Quotes by Horace
- Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and untamable death.
- We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like…
- What has this unfeeling age of ours left untried, what wickedness has it shunned?
- Our years Glide silently away. No tears, No loving orisons repair The wrinkled cheek, the whitening hair That drop forgotten to the tomb.
- In my youth I thought of writing a satire on mankind! but now in my age I think I should write an apology for them.
- The age of our fathers, which was worse than that of our ancestors, produced us, who are about to raise a progeny even more vicious…
More Age Quotes
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- 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
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- 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
- Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. Experience achieves… — Bernard Baruch