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Tragedy (play)2 quotes
You and I are past our dancing days. — William Shakespeare · 1597Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And, where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruisèd youth with unstuffed brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. — William Shakespeare · 1597Comedic play1 quote
The old are in a second childhood. — Aristophanes · 423 BCComedy1 quote
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. — George Chapman · 1605Comedy (play)1 quote
Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. — George Chapman · 1605Greek theater1 quote
The old are in a second childhood. — Aristophanes · 423 BC