OLD AGE QUOTES VII

quotations about old age

Old Age quote

The most valuable result of many years is a nicely balanced mind instinctively heedful of various errors.

WALTER BAGEHOT

Literary Studies

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Old men's eyes are like old men's memories; they are strongest for things a long way off.

GEORGE ELIOT

Romola

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Oh dear, this living and eating and growing old; these doubts and aches in the back, and want of interest in the Moon and Roses... Am I the person who used to wake in the middle of the night and laugh with the joy of living? Who worried about the existence of God, and danced with young ladies till long after daybreak? Who sang "Auld Lang Syne" and howled with sentiment, and more than once gazed at the summer stars through a blur of great, romantic tears?

LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH

Trivia

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The only real change in life comes with the consciousness of old age.

AUSTIN O'MALLEY

Keystones of Thought

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The counsels of the old, like the winter sun, shine, but give no heat.

LUC DE CLAPIERS, MARQUIS DE VAUVENARGUES

Reflections and Maxims


A man in old age is like a sword in a shop window. Men that look upon the perfect blade do not imagine the process by which it was completed.

HENRY WARD BEECHER

Life Thoughts

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You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: "Holy Christ, whaddya know -- I'm still around!"

PAUL NEWMAN

The Independent, June 17, 2006

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Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can't see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.

ERMA BOMBECK

Family: The Ties that Bind ... And Gag!

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Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul. Upon crossing the shadow line, it is more the desire to act than the power to do so that is lost. Is it possible, after 50 years of experiences and disappointments, to retain the ardent curiosity of youth, the desire to know and understand, the power to love wholeheartedly, the certainty that beauty, intelligence and kindness unite naturally, and to preserve faith in the efficacy of reason?

ANDRÉ MAUROIS

An Art of Living

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The smile upon the old man's lips, like the last rays of the setting sun, pierces the heart with a sweet and sad emotion. There is still a ray, there is still a smile; but they may be the last.

MADAME SWETCHINE

"Airelles", The Writings of Madame Swetchine

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Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

PHILIP ROTH

Everyman

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Nobody tells you that old age is going to be s****y. It's a kind of conspiracy.

MIRIAM MARGOLYES

The Guardian, January 28, 2017


This is old age! A slow and sure decay!
A tott'ring edifice, crusted with mould,
Failing in strength and beauty ev'rywhere!
Its vaults, and noble arches, choked with weeds!
Its casements dark, and chambers thick with dust
Its pillars bowed, or prostrate on the ground!

C. B. LANGSTON

"Old Age"


Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

PHYLLIS DILLER

attributed, Funny Ladies: The Best Humor from America's Funniest Women

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A graceful and blessed old age must have three elements in it: a happy retrospect, a peaceful present, and an inspiring future. And old age cannot have either one of these three if the youth has been wasted and manhood has been misspent.

LYMAN ABBOTT

Problems of Life: Selections from the Writings of Rev. Lyman Abbott

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White hair often covers the head, but the heart that holds it is ever young.

HONORE DE BALZAC

The Lily of the Valley

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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

GOLDA MEIR

attributed, The Ultimate Book of Quotations


Well I say old age is no barrier to intimacy, to sexuality, to adulthood. We're often encouraged to talk about death and dying -- and that's important. But we should also talk about living.

NIEVES MURRAY

"Intimacy and Old Age", Illawarra Mercury, August 25, 2016


The habits of a young man are, like his coat, removable; the habits of an old man are like the drapery of a statue.

AUSTIN O'MALLEY

Keystones of Thought

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When we're young we have faith in what is seen, but when we're old we know that what is seen is traced in air and built on water.

MAXWELL ANDERSON

Winterset

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