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The person of wisdom is the person of years.
The person of wisdom is the person of years.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese
Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese
The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.
The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of read more
A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
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),
