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When you become senile, you won't know it.
When you become senile, you won't know it.
What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre read more
What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre of the eye?
Is it for Beauty to forego her wreath?
Yes; but not this alone.
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
Life is a long lesson in humility. -James M. Barrie.
Life is a long lesson in humility. -James M. Barrie.
It takes a long time to become young.
It takes a long time to become young.
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.
Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse. -Diana Cooper.
Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse. -Diana Cooper.
Age--that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we read more
Age--that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we no longer have the enterprise to commit.
At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I read more
At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?