Old age Quote by Hendrik Groen

People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“age does not bring wisdom. Often it merely changes simple stupidity into arrogant conceit. Its only advantage, so far as I have been able…

— Robert A. Heinlein

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

— H. L. Mencken

Lots of old people don't become wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.

— Joan Erikson

“Older doesn't always mean wiser. It just means that you've had more time to do the same things over and over again- right, wrong,…

— Carew Papritz

Old age makes us wiser and more foolish

— Russyb

The older I grew the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

— H L Mencken

The older I get, the more open-minded I get, the less judgmental I get.

— Gwyneth Paltrow

As you get older, you do try to be a bit wiser.

— Shakin' Stevens

When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other…

— Erik Erikson

“As long as we keep comparing ourselves to a younger, better self (who may have been better only in hindsight), we shortchange the possibilities…

— Lewis Richmond