There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the present.

Quote by Lilian Eichler Watson

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as...

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

Youth is not measured by the age of a person, but by the curiosity a...

Youth is not measured by the age of a person, but by the curiosity a...

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long...

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long...

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty....

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty....

I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played; but now the old plays begin to disgust...

I saw Hamlet Prince of Denmark played; but now the old plays begin to disgust...

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.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The veracity which increases with old age is not far from folly.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness...

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness...

About age 30 most women think about having children, most men think about dating them.

About age 30 most women think about having children, most men think about dating them.

Closing these two books, a reader senses that Joan Crawford, idol of an age, would...

Closing these two books, a reader senses that Joan Crawford, idol of an age, would...

Age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old...

Age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old...

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...

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a...

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a...

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew

Whenever the talk turns to age, I say I am 49 plus VAT.

Whenever the talk turns to age, I say I am 49 plus VAT.

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest...

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest...

It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But...

It's true that every time you hear a bell, an angel gets its wings. But...

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.