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Age Quotes by William Makepeace Thackeray
- We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now and then! Then…
- You read the past in some old faces.
- Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. Alas, the heart hardens as the blood ceases to run. The cold…
- We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are points in which you young folks are altogether our superiors:…
- To see a young couple loving each other is no wonder; but to see an old couple loving each other is the best sight of…
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