The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is has no attachment to any of the powers that control the modern world, may set it free to do the only thing that in this…

Quote by Graham Hough

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Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health,...

Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health,...

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none...

This is emphatically an age of discoveries; but I will venture the assertion, that none...

Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that...

Middle age is when you're faced with two temptations and you choose the one that...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

For each age is a dream that is dying, Or one that is coming to...

For each age is a dream that is dying, Or one that is coming to...

It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.

It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age.

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried...

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried...

Learn to live in this world with self-respect. You should always cherish some ambition of...

Learn to live in this world with self-respect. You should always cherish some ambition of...

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin'...

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting...

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting...

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of...

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are...

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are...

I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and...

I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and...