Old age Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about old age.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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The old man is a man who has already eaten and watches how others eat.

Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja

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When one gets old, they prefer rereading to reading.

Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja

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In old age, all you do is repeat yourself.

Jean-Louis Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

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Mature age is the one in which you are still young, but with much more effort.

Earl of Chesterfield

Earl of Chesterfield

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Old age does not improve the heart: it hardens it.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If you want to be old for a long time, become old soon.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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It is better to be old for less time than to be so before old age.

Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

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When we grow old, small habits become great tyrannies.

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez

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The secret to a good old age is nothing more than an honest pact with solitude.

André Gide

André Gide

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Age also has very healthy advantages, a lot of the alcohol we would like to drink spills over.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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Nothing ages us faster than constantly thinking about getting old.