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819 Old Age quotes by 543 unique authors
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He has existed only, not lived, who lacks wisdom in old age.
— Publilius Syrus
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In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.
— Socrates
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Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
— Hesiod
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Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.
— Bias of Priene
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The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint.…
— Socrates
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Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine.
— Austin O'Malley
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No lie ever reaches old age.
— Sophocles
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Not even old age knows how to love death.
— Sophocles
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Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.
— Publilius Syrus
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I should never conclude were I to speak to you of all the misfortunes which have their origin in the faulty carriage of the body.…
— Jean-Georges Noverre
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If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in our hands. I am sure…
— Freya Stark
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
— Malcolm Muggeridge
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The air is an extremely dangerous, jealous and exacting mistress. Once under the spell most lovers are faithful to the end, which is not always…
— Winston Churchill
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Old age is the verdict of life.
— Amelia Barr
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In my old age, I'll be in L.A.
— David Hockney
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Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.
— Walter Savage Landor
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Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age.
— Bjork
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Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old…
— Barbara Mikulski
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To be perfectly honest, I think that as I'm growing older, I'm just growing more impatient. I'll be very happy if at some point people…
— Michael Haneke
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The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain…
— Florida Scott-Maxwell
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Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.
— Felix Frankfurter
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Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on…
— Anne Tyler
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In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus…
— Hank Azaria
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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men…
— Sophocles
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It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever. I prefer buying things. Otherwise, it's…
— Warren Buffett
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