OLD AGE QUOTES IX

quotations about old age

It is all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

attributed, The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

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The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old.

JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE

"Of Mankind", Les Caractères

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Most fatal diseases had their own specific odor, but ... none was as specific as old age.

GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ

Love in the Time of Cholera

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The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

LOGAN P. SMITH

attributed, The Ultimate Book of Quotations


One day you wake up and you're old as s**t.

CHUCK BARRIS

Esquire, January 2003

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The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude.

GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ

One Hundred Years of Solitude

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We need to get away from thinking that old age is about declining health and sickness and focus on well-being and technological solutions.

ANDREW SIXSMITH

"SFU creates institute for tech research on healthy aging", SFU News, January 30, 2017