Middle Ages Quotes

222 Middle Ages quotes by 191 unique authors

Man has boyhood, adolescence, youth, middle age and senescence, as stages of growth; there are also corresponding stages in the growth of wisdom in him. — Sathya Sai Baba
I'd like to show how 'intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members' connects with 'the hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age. — Jeffrey Eugenides
Unfortunately, at present, practically no one under thirty goes to workshops. It's a system of education entirely for the middle aged. — Rupert Sheldrake
This middle age thing is a little weird. Some friends and mentors are gone, and there's a very forward-looking new generation coming up behind me.… — Yo-Yo Ma
There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or fancying that they… — Goldwin Smith
There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages, when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals. — Ralph Borsodi
The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never… — Orson Welles
Hiking - I don't like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains - not hike! Do you know the… — John Muir
Beautiful city! . . . spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age . .… — Matthew Arnold
Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization… — Isaac Mayer Wise
In the Middle Ages, everything bad was the work of the devil, everything good, the work of God. Today, the French see everything in reverse… — Jose Rizal
The middle age of buggers is not to be contemplated without horror. — E. M. Forster
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children, rival authors, and… — Richard Armour
What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books. — Sigmund Freud
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor. — Andre Gide
Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth. — Mason Cooley
Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera. — Mason Cooley
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it. — Doris Day
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. — Doris Day
Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age. — William Feather
During the Middle Ages they understood that words accompanied by imagery are much more memorable. By making the margins of a book colorful and beautiful,… — Joshua Foer
Musically, there's a movement called the flatted fifth that's really evil-sounding. It was outlawed by the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages. That movement is… — Kirk Hammett
Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, 'Why not?' and the other, 'Why bother?' — Sydney J. Harris
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. — Bob Hope

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