For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those who are forced to eat the bitter bread of dependency in their old age, and find how steep are the stairs of another man's house.…

Quote by Dorothy Dix

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

We are never happy until we learn to laugh at ourselves

We are never happy until we learn to laugh at ourselves

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own...

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own...

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble...

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble...

There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick...

There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick...

Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.

Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.

The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is...

The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is...

You never saw a very busy person who was unhappy.

You never saw a very busy person who was unhappy.

The jealous bring down the curse they fear upon their own heads

The jealous bring down the curse they fear upon their own heads

What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does?...

What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does?...

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely...

Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely...

Jealousy is the great exaggerator

Jealousy is the great exaggerator

Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it

Jealous people poison their own banquet and then eat it

People will always say you can't do something because they can't do it.

People will always say you can't do something because they can't do it.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Don't be jealous of people who actually want to make something of themselves! Instead see...

Don't be jealous of people who actually want to make something of themselves! Instead see...

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.

Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.