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Old Age

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

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

Charles de Gaulle Quote: “Old age is a shipwreck….”

Old age is a shipwreck.

October 1, 2019 1890, Charles de Gaulle, French, November 22, Quotes by Leaders

Geoffrey Chaucer Quote: “Filth and old age, I’m sure…”

Filth and old age, I’m sure you will agree, are powerful wardens upon chastity.

August 19, 2019 1343, English, Geoffrey Chaucer, Quotes by Poets

Donald Hall Quote: “New poems no longer come to…”

New poems no longer come to me with their prodigies of metaphor and assonance. Prose endures. I feel the circles grow smaller, and old age is a ceremony of losses, which is, on the whole, preferable to dying at forty-seven or fifty-two.

August 14, 2019 1928, American, Donald Hall, Quotes by Poets, September 20

Aristotle Quote: “Bashfulness is an ornament to youth…”

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

July 17, 2019 384 BC, Aristotle, Greek, Quotes by Philosophers

Ausonius Quote: “Let us never know what old…”

Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.

June 20, 2019 310, Ausonius, Quotes by Poets, Roman

Sophocles Quote: “Old age and the passage of…”

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

June 12, 2019 496 BC, Greek, Quotes by Poets, Sophocles

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quote: “Error is acceptable as long as…”

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.

May 29, 2019 1749, August 28, German, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Quotes by Poets

Donald Hall Quote: “My problem isn’t death but old…”

My problem isn’t death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my difficulty standing up and sitting down.

May 21, 2019 1928, American, Donald Hall, Quotes by Poets, September 20

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