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Oh, for one hour of blind old Dandolo,
Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe!
Oh, for one hour of blind old Dandolo,
Th' octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe!
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn
Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.rn
In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep read more
To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less read more
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.
Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.
What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
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What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
To view each love one blotted from life's page,
And be alone on earth as I am now.
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.
