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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, read more
My days are in the yellow leaf;
The flowers and fruits of love are gone;
The worm, the canker, and the grief
Are mine alone!
- Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score read more
To hold the same views at forty as we held at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his
eye was not dim, nor his read more
And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his
eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted read more
. . . Years steal
Fire from the mind, as vigor from the limb;
And life's enchanted cut but sparkles near the brim.
I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.
I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.