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Hesiod Quote: “Bring a wife home to your…”

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage.

December 10, 2019 800 BC, Greek, Hesiod, Quotes by Poets

Jiddu Krishnamurti Quote: “With increasing age, dullness of mind…”

With increasing age, dullness of mind and heart sets in.

December 6, 2019 1895, Indian, Jiddu Krishnamurti, May 12, Quotes by Philosophers

Jeremy Bentham Quote: “The age we live in is…”

The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.

November 30, 2019 1748, English, February 15, Jeremy Bentham, Quotes by Philosophers

Lydia M. Child Quote: “Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely…”

Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kindly, sunshiny old age.

November 30, 2019 1802, American, February 11, Lydia M. Child, Quotes by Activists

Ogden Nash Quote: “Middle age is when you’ve met…”

Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.

November 15, 2019 1902, American, August 19, Ogden Nash, Quotes by Poets

Hannah Arendt Quote: “To be free in an age…”

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.

November 11, 2019 1906, German, Hannah Arendt, October 14, Quotes by Philosophers

Lysander Spooner Quote: “The mental capacity of a person…”

The mental capacity of a person to make reasonable contracts, is the only criterion, by which to determine his legal capacity to make obligatory contracts. And his mental capacity to make reasonable contracts is certainly not to be determined by the fact that he is, or is not, twenty-one years of age.

November 6, 2019 1808, American, January 19, Lysander Spooner, Quotes by Philosophers

Carl Sandburg Quote: “I have always felt that a…”

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world.

October 31, 2019 1878, American, Carl Sandburg, January 6, Quotes by Poets

Virgil Quote: “Age steals away all things, even…”

Age steals away all things, even the mind.

October 24, 2019 70 BC, Quotes by Poets, Roman, Virgil

Donald Hall Quote: “Not everything in old age is…”

Not everything in old age is grim. I haven’t walked through an airport for years, and wheelchairs are the way to travel.

October 20, 2019 1928, American, Donald Hall, Quotes by Poets, September 20

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