Age Quote by Giacomo Leopardi

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it…

— Giacomo Leopardi

Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all evils, and while it takes away good things, it takes away also the…

— Giacomo Leopardi

Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.

— Giacomo Leopardi

Old men go to death; but death comes to young men.

— Proverb

Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near,…

— Euripides

“Death should hold no fear for a man as old as me, but it does. Isn't that silly? It is always dark where I…

— George R.R. Martin

Old men go to Death, Death comes to Young men.

— George Herbert

The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you

— Seneca the Younger

Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death. [Old men, when they scorn young, make much of death.]

— George Herbert

God is favorable to those whom he makes to die by degrees; 'tis the only benefit of old age. The last death will be…

— Michel de Montaigne

“To die of old age...is a rare, singular, and extraordinary death. It is the last and extremist kind of dying. It encourages people to…

— Richard Flanagan

Old age diminishes our strength; it takes away our pleasures one after the other; it withers the soul as well as the body; it…

— Andre Maurois