E'en her fair hand, which might bid heat return To Frozen age, and make old hermits burn, Applied to my dead cinder, warms no more Than fire to ashes, could past flames restore.

Quote by John Wilmot

Topics: Age Quotes

Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange

Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange

Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I...

Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I...

It is a very good world to live in, To lend or to spend, or...

It is a very good world to live in, To lend or to spend, or...

For all men would be cowards if they durst.

For all men would be cowards if they durst.

Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.

Man differs more from Man, than Man from Beast.

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have...

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have...

Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children. Now, I have...

Before I got married, I had six theories about bringing up children. Now, I have...

Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him...

Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him...

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

The hallmark of our age is the tension between aspirations and sluggish institutions.

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never...

I never played much golf as a kid. I caddied quite a bit but never...

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss...

Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss...

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

Middle Age - Later than you think and sooner than you expect.

I really like to have sweet people around me. I can't stand bad asses. There's...

I really like to have sweet people around me. I can't stand bad asses. There's...

In the age in which we live, the impossible is every day losing ground.

In the age in which we live, the impossible is every day losing ground.

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

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

The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow.

The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow.

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age;...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

The newer people, of this modern age, are more eager to amass than to realize.

The newer people, of this modern age, are more eager to amass than to realize.