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A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the read more
In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the past, we have arrived.
To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch.
To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am. -Bernard Baruch.
Weak withering age no rigid law forbids.
With frugal nectar, smooth and slow with balm,
The sapless read more
Weak withering age no rigid law forbids.
With frugal nectar, smooth and slow with balm,
The sapless habit daily to bedew,
And give the hesitating wheels of life
Gliblier to play.
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know read more
There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
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),