"Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears,……" — Paul Claudel
"Eighty years old! No eyes left, no ears, no teeth, no legs, no wind! And when all is said and done, how astonishingly well one does without them."
More Aging Quotes
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we… — Chinua Achebe
- Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their… — Margaret Atwood
- The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
- You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long. — Marcus Aurelius
- I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. — Lauren Bacall
- Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
- I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. — Francis Bacon
- He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. — Francis Bacon