Age is the most terrible misfortune that can happen to any man; other evils will mend, this is every day getting worse.

Quote by George James

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

The best happiness a woman can boast is that of being most carefully deceived

The best happiness a woman can boast is that of being most carefully deceived

The best happiness a woman can boast is that of being most carefully deceived.

The best happiness a woman can boast is that of being most carefully deceived.

For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those...

For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of...

For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of...

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and how well you look.

There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and how well you look.

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

I do not agree that an age of pleasure is no compensation for a moment...

And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill...

And what's a life? - a weary pilgrimage, Whose glory in one day doth fill...

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...

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues...

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men...

There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will...

There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will...

Youth troubles over eternity, age grasps at a day and is satisfied to have even...

Youth troubles over eternity, age grasps at a day and is satisfied to have even...

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

We are all geniuses up to the age of ten.

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by...

Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by...

I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when...

I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when...

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be...

Commencement speeches were invented largely in the belief that outgoing college students should never be...