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The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. -Plato.
The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines. -Plato.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in read more
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.
Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never read more
Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!
By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.
By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above
five-and-twenty.
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing read more
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.