Age Quote by Proverb

Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.

— Samuel Johnson

Old age appears hideous to us until we have to choose between it and death.

— Diane de Poitiers

I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age.

— William Steig

Old age is never honored among us, but only indulged, as childhood is; and old men lose one of the most precious rights of…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.

— Isaac Watts

Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.

— Samuel Richardson

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

— Maurice Chevalier

Like childhood, old age is irresponsible, reckless, and foolhardy. Children and old people have everything to gain and nothing much to lose. It's middle-age…

— John Mortimer

Respect the older folks even if they act like they don't deserve it, they have lived long enough to deserve some.

— Terry Mark

Every age has its happiness and troubles.

— Jeanne Calment

old age is more bearable if it can be helped by an early acceptance of being loved and of loving.

— M. F. K. Fisher

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero