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I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
Old age is fifteen years older than I am.
I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.
I've never known a person who lives to 110 who is remarkable for anything else.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Youth is wasted on the young.
If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden read more
If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.
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),
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.
The trick is growing up without growing old.
The trick is growing up without growing old.
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.