The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

Quote by H H Munro

Topics: Elderly Quotes, Youth Quotes

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an...

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to...

I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to...

I always say beauty is only sin deep.

I always say beauty is only sin deep.

Beauty is only sin deep

Beauty is only sin deep

The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

The fashion just now is a Roman Catholic frame of mind with an Agnostic conscience;...

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.

Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.