Age Quote by William Butler Yeats

Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last…

— Tryon Edwards

Not every age allows its sons to reap the results which remain great for all time, and . . . not every century is…

— Gustav Freytag

For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly brings us that.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

I would not say that old men grow wise, for men never grow wise; and many old men retain a very attractive childishness and…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

— George Chapman

“For your happy man is a benefactor to his species. Just as one may gather knowledge from the wise, so, by contact with the…

— R. Austin Freeman

Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A graceful and blessed old age must have three elements in it: a happy retrospect, a peaceful present, and an inspiring future. And old…

— Lyman Abbott

By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he…

— Robert Bly

Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.

— John Bercow

Some men never seem to grow old. Always active in thought, always ready to adopt new ideas, they are never chargeable with foggyism. Satisfied,…

— William Shakespeare

I read once that elegance is a privilege of age. I thought, that's so true. You get more comfortable with yourself as you get…

— Victoria Beckham