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

Quote by Harold Nicolson

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man...

The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man...

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish...

The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish...

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and...

The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and...

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...

When I look back upon the more than sixty years that I have spent on...

When I look back upon the more than sixty years that I have spent on...

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

One of the worst things that can happen in life is to win a bet...

One of the worst things that can happen in life is to win a bet...

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize...

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize...

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall...

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall...

His wardrobe was extensive--very extensive--not strictly classical perhaps, not quite new, nor did it contain...

His wardrobe was extensive--very extensive--not strictly classical perhaps, not quite new, nor did it contain...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my...

Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded;...

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.

Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.

The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose...

The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose...

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human...

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...