All maxims have their antagonist maxims; proverbs should be sold in pairs, a single one being but a half truth

Quote by William Mathews

Topics: Maxim Quotes

In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.

In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

The sanitary and mechanical age we are now entering makes up for the mercy it...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in...

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the...

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the...

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I...

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not...

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

Ours is the age which is proud of machines that think and suspicious of men...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow...

Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow...

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none...

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none...

Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past...

Everyday took an age to go by, which was odd, because days plural went past...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty,...

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

By Time and Age full many things are taught.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The passion between the sexes has appeared in every age to be so nearly the...

The passion between the sexes has appeared in every age to be so nearly the...

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

People say that age is just a state of mind. I say it's more about...

People say that age is just a state of mind. I say it's more about...