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Age Quotes by James Anthony Froude
- No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty
- Beautiful is old age—beautiful as the slow-dropping mellow autumn of a rich glorious summer. In the old man, Nature has fulfilled her work; she loads…
- Who shall say that those poor peasants were not acting in the spirit we most venerate, most adore; that theirs was not the true heart…
- Now, to a single-minded man, who is either brave enough or reckless enough to surrender himself wholly to one idea, and look neither right nor…
- Look not to have your sepulchre built in after ages hy the same foolish hands which still ever destroy the living prophet. Small honour for…
More Age Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
- I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples… — Giorgio Armani
- I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do… — Paul Auster
- The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
- You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
- In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every… — Brooks Atkinson
- Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
- For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood