Age Quote by Rebecca West

The fire which seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes.

— Pierre Corneille

The fire which seems out often sleeps beneath the cinders

— Anonymous

We age inevitably: The old joys fade and are gone: And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear.

— James Oppenheim

In winter's tedious nights sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales Of woeful ages, long ago betid

— William Shakespeare

Many fires burn below the surface.

— Empedocles

“There were old firemasters and bad firemasters; there were no old bad firemasters”

— Jon Courtenay Grimwood

What's memory but the ash That chokes our fires that have begun to sink?

— William Butler Yeats

“The old dead coals fell to the wayside, warm ones sat glowing weakly on the edges; but the hot new ones, red and burning,…

— Babara Wood

Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

— Navjot Singh Sidhu

“I have sat before the dense coal fire and watched it all aglow, full of its tormented flaming life; and I have seen it…

— Herman Melville

The flames sawed in the wind and the embers paled and deepened and paled and deepened like the bloodbeat of some living thing eviscerate…

— Cormac McCarthy

“But clouds bellied out in the sultry heat, the sky cracked open with a crimson gash, spewed flame-and the ancient forest began to smoke.…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin