Death Quote by Idries Shah

I would rather be old for a shorter time than be old before my time.

— Michel de Montaigne

According to the prevailing mythology, to be younger is to be better; therefore, we should expect to find young people in the majority of…

— Gail Sheehy

To be young is delightful; to be old is comfortable.

— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“To Be young is to be always ready to give up what we are in order to become what we must be. To be…

— The Mother

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in…

— Epicurus

Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.

— Will Rogers

I prefer old age to the alternative.

— Maurice Chevalier

To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.

— Jose Bergamin

“There is a very great difference between older and old, the former being desirable and the latter being inevitable.”

— Michelle Franklin

“Try not to be in a hurry to get older because youth happens once in your life. Thereafter, old age stays with you forever.”

— Chris Jirika

To be young is surely the best, if the most precarious, gift of life.

— James Russell Lowell

“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