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Youth vs. old age12 quotes
Old Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones; the Difference is only in the Price. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752You and I are past our dancing days. — William Shakespeare · 1597The old are in a second childhood. — Aristophanes · 423 BCCare 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 · 1597If youth knew; if age could. — Henri Estienne · 1594The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning. — Carl Jung · 1931All 12 quotes →Old age4 quotes
The old are in a second childhood. — Aristophanes · 423 BCIf youth knew; if age could. — Henri Estienne · 1594Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened. — Terry Pratchett · 1990It strikes me that this may be one of the differences between youth and age: when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others. — Julian Barnes · 2011Youth3 quotes
If youth knew; if age could. — Henri Estienne · 1594Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. — Herbert Asquith · 1923It strikes me that this may be one of the differences between youth and age: when we are young, we invent different futures for ourselves; when we are old, we invent different pasts for others. — Julian Barnes · 2011Aging2 quotes
You and I are past our dancing days. — William Shakespeare · 1597When you're young—when I was young—you want your emotions to be like the ones you read about in books. You want them to overturn your life, create and define a new reality. Later, I think, you want them to do something milder, something more practical: you want them to support your life as it is and has become. You want them to tell you that things are OK. And is there anything wrong with that? — Julian Barnes · 2011Dancing1 quote
You and I are past our dancing days. — William Shakespeare · 1597Discontent1 quote
And sigh that one thing only has been lent
To youth and age in common—discontent. — Matthew Arnold · 1852Emotions1 quote
When you're young—when I was young—you want your emotions to be like the ones you read about in books. You want them to overturn your life, create and define a new reality. Later, I think, you want them to do something milder, something more practical: you want them to support your life as it is and has become. You want them to tell you that things are OK. And is there anything wrong with that? — Julian Barnes · 2011Expensive hobbies1 quote
Old Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones; the Difference is only in the Price. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752Hobbies1 quote
Old Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones; the Difference is only in the Price. — Benjamin Franklin · 1752Lost youth1 quote
Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened. — Terry Pratchett · 1990Middle age1 quote
The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning. — Carl Jung · 1931Sleep1 quote
Care 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 · 1597The human condition1 quote
And sigh that one thing only has been lent
To youth and age in common—discontent. — Matthew Arnold · 1852Trouble sleeping1 quote
Care 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 · 1597Worry1 quote
Care 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 · 1597Youth is wasted on the young1 quote
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. — Herbert Asquith · 1923