You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment.
Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of read more
Consider well the proportion of things. It is better to be a young June bug, than an old bird of paradise. -Mark Twain.
The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of read more
The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, read more
You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.
