550 Quotes About Old-age

As I give thought to the matter, I find four causes for the apparent misery of old age; first it withdraws us from active accomplishments; second, it renders the body less powerful; third, it deprives us of almost all forms of enjoyment; fourth, it stands not far from death.

It's strange how in childhood it feels like tomorrow won't come until the end of forever, but in adulthood it feels like the end of forever could come tomorrow.

I am a fading phantasmagoria. Time has left me in partial glory."--Fidelis O Mkparu

I am a fading phantasmagoria. Time has left me in partial glory.

... is it the young who pass death to the old, or do the old bequeath it to the young? ― Carlos Fuentes, Terra Nostra

মানুষ দুটা সময়ে খেলতে পছন্দ করে। শৈশবে এবং বৃদ্ধ বয়সে। শৈশবে খেলার সঙ্গী জুটে যায়। বৃদ্ধ বয়সে কাউকে পাওয়া যায় না। তখন খেলতে হয় নিজের মনের সঙ্গে।

...her own experience was beginning to tell her that an alert old age can be more keen than the cards.

The only things that old age comes standard with: grey hair and wrinkles. Wisdom and intellect are earned.

To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.