“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.”
— Hesiod
Author: Hesiod
Category: age
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Category: age
Young men soon give, and soon forget,
“Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.”
— Joseph Addison
Author: Joseph Addison
Category: age
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Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but
“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.”
— Aristotle
Author: Aristotle
Category: age
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Discrimination due to age is one of
“Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth living, and to be told your efforts are not needed because you are the wrong age is a crime.”
— Johnny Ball
Author: Johnny Ball
Category: age
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In youth we run into difficulties. In
“In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.”
— Beverly Sills
Author: Beverly Sills
Category: age
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Men of age object too much, consult
“Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.”
— Dale Carnegie
Author: Dale Carnegie
Category: age
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I think your whole life shows in
“I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.”
— Lauren Bacall
Author: Lauren Bacall
Category: age
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As men get older, the toys get
“As men get older, the toys get more expensive.”
— Marvin Davis
Author: Marvin Davis
Category: age
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But an old age serene and bright,
“But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.”
— William Wordsworth
Author: William Wordsworth
Category: age
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To own the dominant, or only, newspaper
“To own the dominant, or only, newspaper in a mid-sized American city was, for many decades, a kind of license to print money. In the Internet age, however, no one has figured out how to rescue the newspaper in the United States or abroad.”
— Eric Alterman
Author: Eric Alterman
Category: age
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A truly great book should be read
“A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.”
— Robertson Davies
Author: Robertson Davies
Category: age
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