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A candle in the thighs
Warms youth and seed and burns the seeds of age; More
A good old man, sir, he will be talking; as they say, “When the age is in, the wit is out.” More
A good soft pillow for that good white head
Were better than a churlish turf of France. More
A man growing old becomes a child again. More
A man I praise that once in Tara’s Halls
Said to the woman on his knees, “Lie... More
A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. More
A man of great employments and excellent performance used to assure me that he did not think a... More
A photo of someone else’s childhood,
a garden in another country—world
he had no part... More
A pilgrim I on earth perplext,
with sinns, with cares and sorrows vext,
By age and paines... More
A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful... More
Aeneas. ‘Tis the old Nestor.
Hector. Let me embrace thee, good old chronicle,
That hast... More
Age appears to be best in four things—old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to... More
Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited... More
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live... More
Age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening... More
Age. That period of life in which we compound for the vices that remain by reviling those we have... More
Aged ears play truant at his tales,
And younger hearings are quite ravished,
So sweet and... More
All I can say, in answer to this kind queries [of friends] is that I have not the distemper... More
All-devouring time, envious age,
Nought can escape you, and by slow degrees,
Worn by your... More
An ... important antidote to American democracy is American gerontocracy. The positions of... More
An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its... More
An old man drinks tea and reads the newspaper—forgetting age for a moment. More
An old man with his feet before the fire,
In robes of green, in garments of adieu. More
An old man, broken with the storms of state,
Is come to lay his weary bones among... More
And almost every one when age,
Disease, or sorrows strike him,
Inclines to think there is... More
And if I should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the spring,
Let them smile,... More
And now I’m old and going—I’m sure I can’t tell where;
One comfort is, this world’s... More
And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain,
I’ll state my case of which... More
And she grows young as he grows old. More
And when I’m introduced to one
I wish I thought What Jolly Fun! More
As a man grows older, his ability to sit still and follow indoor occupations increases. He grows... More
As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay. More
As the bird trims her to the gale,
I trim myself to the storm of time,
I man the rudder,... More
As we grow older, we increase in folly—and in wisdom. More
As you are old and reverend, you should be wise. More
Ask me no more where Jove bestows,
When June is past, the fading rose;
For in your... More
Bear with my weakness. My old brain is troubled.
Be not disturbed with my infirmity. More
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to... More
Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor;
Then cherish pity, lest you drive... More
But age, allas that al wol envenime,
Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith—
Lat go,... More
But ah, no more! this must not be foretold,
For women grieve to think they must be old. More
But an old age serene and bright,
And lovely as a Lapland night,
Shall lead thee to thy... More
But beauty vanishes; beauty passes;
However rare—rare it be;
And when I crumble, who... More
But Irish had an old soul, you might say. He was a man with a great future behind him, already. More
But now I am weary and my old heart, which thought itself turned away from all, has learned pain... More
But old folks—many feign as they were dead,
Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead. More
But the man and woman of seventy assume to know all, they have outlived their hope, they renounce... More
But the world itself has no reason, and I can say so, I who have experienced it all, from the... More
But—if you cannot give us ease—
Last of the race of them who grieve
Here leave us to... More
Can they never tell
What is dragging them back, and how it will end? Not at night?
Not... More
Care keeps his watch in every old man’s eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never... More
Castaway, your time is a flat sea that doesn’t stop,
with no new land to make for and no... More
Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kind, sunshiny old age. More
Dear Friend,
the canebrakes
nestled in the riverbank’s lap,
their clusters... More
Dirty old men, ignoring society, continue to follow nature. More
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of... More
Do not let me hear
Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly,
Their fear of... More
Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today. More
Do they know they’re old,
These two who are my father and my mother
Whose fire from... More
Do you but mark how this becomes the house!
“Dear daughter, I confess that I am... More
Doesn’t that show what an old man I am, when I can say to a mother “I love your daughter,”... More
Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age. More
Falstaff. I am old, I am old.
Doll Tearsheet. I love thee better than I love e’er a... More
Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often... More
Few people know how to be old. More
For as the body grows old, so the wits grow old and become blind towards all things alike. More
For in all the world there are no people so piteous and forlorn as those who are forced to eat... More
For ourselves, we are too young for experience. Who is old enough? More
For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating, rejuvenating,... More
Give me a staff of honor for mine age,
But not a sceptre to control the world. More
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay,
Gone are my friends from the cotton fields... More
Grant me an old man’s frenzy.
Myself must I remake
Till I am Timon and Lear
Or that... More
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life. More
Grow old along with me!
The best is yet to be,
The last of life, for which the first was... More
He had ragged long grass-coloured hair;
He had knees that stuck out of his hose;
He had... More
He is asleep. He knows no longer the fatigue of the work of deciding, the work to finish. He... More
He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of... More
Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep... More
Her face had the seamed reserve of the old in this country [Japan]. It was a neighborhood... More
her in her cooling planet
Revere; do not presume to think her wasted. More
Here I stand your slave,
A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man. More
Here tantrums thrash to a whale’s rage.
This is the pot-hole of old age. More
Here, with whitened hair, desires failing, strength ebbing out of him, with the sun gone down and... More
Herein Fortune shows herself more kind
Than is her custom. It is still her use
To let the... More
Hidden by old age awhile
In masker’s cloak and hood,
Each hating what the other... More
His lordship pronounced his assent to take to wife his destined prey (in the words “I will”),... More
How earthy old people become—mouldy as the grave! Their wisdom smacks of the earth. There is no... More
I am a very foolish fond old man,
Fourscore and upward, not an hour more nor less;
And to... More
I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the... More
I am cold in this cold house this house
Whose washed echoes are tremulous down lost... More
I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength... More
I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny, who sways, not as it... More
I call her old. She has one family
Whose claim is good to being settled here
Before the... More
I can go no further, sir.
My old bones aches. More
I don’t generally feel anything until noon, then it’s time for my nap. More
I had a chair at every hearth,
When no one turned to see,
With ‘Look at that old fellow... More
I have heard that whoever loves is in no condition old. I have heard that whenever the name of... More
I have lived long enough: my way of life
Is fallen into the sere, the yellow leaf;
And... More
I have ventured
Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,
This many summers in a sea... More
I heard the old, old men say,
“All that’s beautiful drifts away
Like the waters.” More

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