Nothing is more usual than the sight of old people who yearn for retirement: and nothing is so rare than those who have retired and do not regret it

Quote by Charles De Saint-Evremond

Topics: Retirement Quotes

Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too...

Too austere a philosophy makes few wise men; too rigorous politics, few good subjects; too...

The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.

The foolish moments of the head are often the most wonderful times of the heart.

When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when you're still...

When you retire, think and act as if you were still working; when you're still...

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on...

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

Retirement may be looked upon either as a prolonged holiday or as a rejection, a...

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his...

Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his...

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Retirement: When you quit working just before your heart does

Never retire. Michelangelo was carving the Rondanini just before he died at eighty-nine. Verdi finished...

Never retire. Michelangelo was carving the Rondanini just before he died at eighty-nine. Verdi finished...

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is...

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is...

To retire is to die.

To retire is to die.

Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.

Gainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.

My retirement plan is to find a shopping cart with good snow tires.

My retirement plan is to find a shopping cart with good snow tires.

There is life after retirement, and it is BETTER.

There is life after retirement, and it is BETTER.

To retire is to begin to die

To retire is to begin to die

Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.

Retirement is wonderful. It's doing nothing without worrying about getting caught at it.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you...

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.

The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.