What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories

Quote by William Somerset Maugham

Topics: Elderly Quotes

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but...

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the...

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the...

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

There is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

When people say they do not care what others think of them, for the most...

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too...

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

There are two good things in life freedom of thought and freedom of action.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

A good marriage is the exception that proves who rules.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.

Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20...

Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20...

I go to school - to youth - to learn the future

I go to school - to youth - to learn the future

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the...