You’ve heard of the three ages of man: youth, middle age, and “you’re looking wonderful!”
Old Quotes
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.
Man is capable of his greatest works when his mental powers are already on the wane, just as it is hotter in July at two in the afternoon, when the sun is already declining, than it is in June at midday
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple, With a red hat which doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me, And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves, And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.
At age 20, we worry about what others think of us. At 40, we don’t care what they think of us. At 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all.
Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego.
He that is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.
Within this century we find, New encouragement for all mankind. What we once thought “old” is now passe, We set no limits on the day That meets our view with each sunrise We see life’s span extend beyond the surmise Our parents saw. Indeed we find Age is in truth a state of mind. The […]
