In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.

Quote by Pope Paul VI

Topics: Age Quotes, Ageing Quotes, Funny Quotes

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning...

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning...

Two conditions render difficult this historic situation of mankind: It is full of tremendously deadly...

Two conditions render difficult this historic situation of mankind: It is full of tremendously deadly...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons.

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a...

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a...

I met a hundred men going to Delhi and everyone is my brother.

I met a hundred men going to Delhi and everyone is my brother.

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of...

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of...

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying....

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying....

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter,...

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter,...

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except...

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except...

The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is...

The Eucharistic mystery stands at the heart and center of the liturgy since it is...

I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is...

I think love is the most unbelievable, and critical, thing in civilization. Everything else is...

In one text Casanova sees that women are responsible for Don Giovanni's evil deeds: The...

In one text Casanova sees that women are responsible for Don Giovanni's evil deeds: The...