Quote Genre: Age

Proverb – ‘Wrinkled as a prune.’…

‘Wrinkled as a prune.’

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Edward Young – ‘Be wise with speed; A fool a…

‘Be wise with speed; A fool at forty is a fool indeed.’

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John Wesley – ‘Do all the good you can By a…

‘Do all the good you can By all the means you can In all the ways you can In all the places you can At all the times you can To all the people you can As long as ever … Continue reading

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Unknown – ‘Many people use their youth …

‘Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable.’

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Harvey Ullman – ‘Anyone who stops learning is…

‘Anyone who stops learning is old whether this happens at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable regardless of physical capacity.’

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Sophie Tucker – ‘From birth to age 18 a girl …

‘From birth to age 18 a girl needs good parents from 18 to 35 she needs good looks from 35 to 55 she needs a good personality and from 55 on she needs cash.’

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Publius Terence (P. Terentius Afer) – ‘Old age itself is a disease….

‘Old age itself is a disease. Senectus ipsast morbus’

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George Eliot – ‘Few women I fear have had su…

‘Few women I fear have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.’

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Thomas Stearns Eliot – ‘The years between fifty and …

‘The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.’

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Albert Einstein – ‘Perfection of means and conf…

‘Perfection of means and confusion of goals seemin my opinionto characterize our age.’

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