Age Quote by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“My youthful heart still holds the buoyancy of promise. Even though it is scarred by the ravages of time, there is still hope and…

— Andrew Pacholyk

In old age the consolation of hope is reserved for the tenderness of parents, who commence a new life in their children, the faith…

— Edward Gibbon

“Joy, joy, joy! Past ages crowd on thee, but each one remembers, And the future is dark, and the present is spread, Like a…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

The great renunciation of old age as it prepared for death, wraps itself up in its chrysalis, which may be observed at the end…

— Marcel Proust

It ought to be lovely to be old, To be full of the peace that comes with experience And wrinkled ripe fulfillment

— DH Lawrence

“Though solitude, endured too long, Bids youthful joys too soon decay, Makes mirth a stranger to my tongue, And overclouds my noon of day;…

— Anne Brontë

For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign A melancholy damp of cold and dry To weigh thy spirits…

— John Milton

“So I shall practice sorrow in my love, stand in thin sun from old windows and grieve: inevitability of the grave, monotony of death,…

— Grace Butcher

“The old grief of the great mystery of human life gradually passes into a quiet, tender joy; in place of the boiling blood of…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“At first blush this thought might seem depressing, but the process of transformation—aging and its accomplishments—can be very positive, with new possibilities, fresh beginnings,…

— Lewis Richmond

“I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes;…

— Anonymous

“I suppose if one lives to be old, one's entire waking life will be spent turning on the spit of recollection over the fires…

— Philip Larkin