The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.

Quote by William Butler Yeats

Topics: Elderly Quotes

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath,...

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath,...

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it...

Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it...

And say my glory was I had such friends.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to...

You that would judge me, do not judge alone this book or that, come to...

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and...

I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and...

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you...

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you...

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the...

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the...

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may...

Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may...

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will...

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will...

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered...

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered...

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it...

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel.

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.