Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.

Quote by Eric Bentley

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Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.

Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

If one truly has lost hope, one would not be on hand to say so.

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back...

Fashion, which elevates the bad to the level of the good, subsequently turns its back...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of...

And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of...

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of...

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age.

Learn to live in this world with self-respect. You should always cherish some ambition of...

Learn to live in this world with self-respect. You should always cherish some ambition of...

By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember...

By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember...

Talking is the disease of age.

Talking is the disease of age.

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by...

God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by...

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere,...

I have lived long enough. My way of life is to fall into the sere,...

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

National literature no longer means very much, the age of world literature is due.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed....

Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed....