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The Renaissance5 quotes
You and I are past our dancing days. — William Shakespeare · 1597And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe,
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot,
And thereby hangs a tale. — William Shakespeare · 1616Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. — William Shakespeare · 1607Age will not be defied. — Francis Bacon · 1625No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face. — John Donne · 1631Classical antiquity3 quotes
Old to grow, but ever learning. — Solon · 119Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought. — Theognis of Megara · 541 BCNo man loves like him that's growing old. — Sophocles · 400 BCAge of Enlightenment1 quote
Every man desires to live long; but no man would be old. — Jonathan Swift · 1727Colonial America1 quote
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgment. — Benjamin Franklin · 1741