Middle Ages Quotes

222 Middle Ages quotes by 191 unique authors

You know you've reached middle age when your weightlifting consists merely of standing up. — Bob Hope
Though we are perpetually bragging of it [the middle class] as our safety, it is nothing but a poor fringe on the mantle of the… — Charles Dickens
Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired. — Laurence J. Peter
Middle age is when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work. — Laurence J. Peter
Middle age is when you stop criticizing the older generation and start criticizing the younger one. — Laurence J. Peter
It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which is the prime cause of infidelity, that infallible rejuvenator. — Cyril Connolly
Fear comes with middle age. — Lillian Hellman
I developed a passion for the Middle Ages the same way some people develop a passion for coconuts. — Umberto Eco
I'm my age and I feel glorious. — Betty Friedan
I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again extremely rich, owing… — George Sand
Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities -… — Nancy Pearcey
I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades. — Tamora Pierce
Modern as the style of Pascal's writing is, his thought is deeply impregnated with the spirit of the Middle Ages. He belonged, almost equally, to… — Lytton Strachey
There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages. — Lytton Strachey
I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful, and then with… — Jeffrey Tate
Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music. — Derek Bailey
I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men. I make films that hopefully entertain people, where they can learn something about… — Nigel Cole
In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway. — Tucker Carlson
Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that goes by without… — Peter Ackroyd
As to writing another book on geometry [to replace Euclid] the middle ages would have as soon thought of composing another New Testament. — Augustus De Morgan
In youth we take egregious risks because death has no reality for us. Youth goes caparisoned in immortality. It is only in middle age that… — P.D. James
Like childhood, old age is irresponsible, reckless, and foolhardy. Children and old people have everything to gain and nothing much to lose. It's middle-age which… — John Mortimer
Artists should work together like the artists of the Middle Ages. — Hans Arp
Sweet is the infant's waking smile, And sweet the old man's rest-- But middle age by no fond wile, No soothing calm is blest. — John Keble
Fear accomplishes much in love. The husband of the Middle Ages was loved by his wife for his very severity. The bride of William the… — Jules Michelet

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