Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife, Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life, Is worth an age without a name.

Quote by Thomas Osbert Mordaunt

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he...

In every country and in every age the priest has been hostile to liberty; he...

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the...

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I...

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I...

And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there...

And almost every one, when age, Disease, or sorrows strike him, Inclines to think there...

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year....

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year....

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing...

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing...

Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice,...

Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice,...

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age.

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

Ours is an age of criticism, to which everything must be subjected. The sacredness of...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age...

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

Old age though despised, is coveted by all.

Old age though despised, is coveted by all.

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

The control of nature is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age...

For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set...

For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of...

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into...

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into...

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

A Minneapolis company has come out with a credit card size shotgun that fits in...

A Minneapolis company has come out with a credit card size shotgun that fits in...