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Elderly Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- When I was young I had an elderly friend who used often to ask me to stay with him in the country. He was a…
- What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
- As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that offers…
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- Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we… — Martha Beck
- He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old,… — Joseph Addison
- It is always in season for old men to learn. — Aeschylus
- To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in… — Alan Bleasdale
- A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress. — Lord Byron
- After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all… — Tony Campolo
- No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive. — John Cassavetes
- If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it… — Arthur C. Clarke
- A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Robots will play an important role in providing physical assistance and even companionship for the elderly. — Bill Gates
- Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish… — Maya Angelou
- The elderly have so much to offer. They're our link with history. — John Cusack