I put my hand on the dark skin and felt the chill of centuries long gone. It was as if I had touched the Stone Age.

Quote by Nikolai Vereshchagin

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty....

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty....

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...

Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him...

Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him...

Wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age (Solomon...

Wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age (Solomon...

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the...

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the...

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

Though age from folly could not give me freedom, It does from childishness.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to...

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

One should never make one's debut in a scandal. One should reserve that to give...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the...

Age considers; youth ventures.

Age considers; youth ventures.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life...

Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.

Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.

Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of...

Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that...

The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that...

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in...

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in...

At my age, I'm envious of a stiff wind.

At my age, I'm envious of a stiff wind.

Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.

Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.

The worst feature of a new baby is its mothers singing.

The worst feature of a new baby is its mothers singing.