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Age Quotes by Jean de la Bruyere
- They that have lived a single day have lived an age.
- We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death.
- Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed.
- Life is short and tedious, and is wholly spent in wishing; we trust to find rest and enjoyment at some future time, often at an…
- The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old.
- He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at perfection, and then…
- We hope to grow old, and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and flee from death.
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