Age Quote by Seneca

Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.

— Seneca the Younger

A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.

— Lucius Accius

There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long…

— Seneca the Younger

Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.

— Emile M. Cioran

That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people seek it.

— David Gemmell

An old man who cannot bid farewell to life appears as feeble and sickly as the young man who is unable to embrace it.

— Carl Jung

No man is so old as to believe he cannot live one more year.

— Sean O'Casey

“Often a very old man has no other proof of his long life than his age.”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Not aging is not the same as living, and without human contact, his soul dried up.”

— Mitch Albom

If a man lived long enough, his past would always overtake him, no matter how fast he ran or how morally he tried to…

— Greg Iles

In an active life is sown the seed of wisdom; but he who reflects not, never reaps; has no harvest from it, but carries…

— Edward Young