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George Bernard ShawWe don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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George CarlinOne great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you’re too tired.

—  George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian

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Golda MeirOld age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard there's nothing you can do.

—  Golda Meir, 1898-1978, Israeli Prime Minister

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Thomas SowellAge gives you an excuse for not being very good at things that you were not very good at when you were young.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker

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Oscar WildeWhen I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

—  Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer

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Simone De BeauvoirIt is old age, rather than death, that is the opposite of life.

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

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Bernard BaruchTo me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

—  Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman

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Bette DavisGetting old is not for sissies.

—  Bette Davis, 1908-1989, American actress

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CiceroNo one is so old as to think that he cannot live one more year.

—  Cicero, 106-43 BC, Roman orator & statesman

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Philip RothOld age isn’t a battle; old age is a massacre.

—  Philip Roth, 1933-2018, American writer

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AristotleThat judges of important causes should hold office for life is a disputable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.

—  Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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Honoré de BalzacAn old man is a man who has dined and who watches others eat.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

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H.L. MenckenThe older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

—  H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic

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Oliver W. Holmes Sr.The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

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Benjamin FranklinAll would live long, but none would be old.

—  Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, American politician & writer

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Emile M. CioranOld age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.

—  Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher

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La RochefoucauldThe hell of women is old age.

—  La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer

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George BurnsYou can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

—  George Burns, 1896-1996, American comedian

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Eleanor RooseveltBeautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

—  Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, Wife of the 32nd USA president

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AugustusI have escaped, as you see, the common climacteric of all old men —my sixty-third year.

—  Augustus, 63 BC-14 AD, Roman Emperor

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Jean DutourdThe downside, when you live a lot, is that the last picture the world will have of you will be that of an old man.

—  Jean Dutourd, 1920-2011, French writer

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Pablo PicassoThe older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Ralph Waldo EmersonNature abhors the old, and old age seems the only disease; all others run into this one.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Ralph Waldo EmersonWe don’t grow old. When we cease to grow, we become old.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

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Will DurantThe ego is willing but the machine cannot go on. It's the last thing a man will admit, that his mind ages.

—  Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher

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Gabriel Garcia MarquezLove does not die, when someone gets old, people get old, because they can not love anymore.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

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Christian BobinDoing the same thing for too long, in the same place, at the same time, makes you old.

—  Christian Bobin, 1951-2022, French writer

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Pablo PicassoWe don’t grow older, we grow riper.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Somerset MaughamOld age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

—  Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer

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William ShakespeareFor you and I are past our dancing days.

—  William Shakespeare, 1564-1616, English poet & playwright ‐ Romeo and Juliet

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Louis ScutenaireI am not that guy over there who grows old with me.

—  Louis Scutenaire, 1905-1987, Belgian surrealist & anarchist

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Georg Christoph LichtenbergNothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

—  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, 1742-1799, German author of maxims

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Antoine RivarolOld age is not bearable without a great cause or a vice.

—  Antoine Rivarol, 1753-1801, French author of maxims

Thomas SowellTime was when people used to brag about how old they were — and I am old enough to remember it.

—  Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker

Simone De BeauvoirSince it is the Other within us who is old, it is natural that the revelation of our age should come to us from outside — from others. We do not accept it willingly.

—  Simone De Beauvoir, 1908-1986, French writer

Joseph JoubertOld age takes from the man of intellect no qualities save those that are useless to wisdom.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Joseph JoubertOld age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Orson WellesOld age is the only disease you don’t want to be cured of.

—  Orson Welles, 1915-1985, American actor & film director

Oliver W. Holmes Sr.A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

—  Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer

Gustave FlaubertAfter a certain age, the two arms of a chair attract you more than the two arms of a woman.

—  Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer

Jean RostandWhen I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity.

—  Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher

Jean de La BruyèreMost men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable.

—  Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696, French writer

William MaxwellThe view after seventy is breathtaking. What is lacking is someone, anyone, of the older generation to whom you can turn when you want to satisfy your curiosity about some detail of the landscape of the past. There is no longer any older generation. You have become it, while your mind was mostly on other matters.

—  William Maxwell, 1908-2000, American writer

Bernard BaruchWe grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves.

—  Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman

William Hazlitt The worst old age is that of the mind.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

Noel CowardThe pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven.

—  Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright

Noel CowardYou will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.

—  Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright

Henry de MontherlantWe are old when we need sympathy. It is as sure a sign as the arteries.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Alexandre Dumas, filsNo matter how young you are, the day you lose your mother, you suddenly get old.

—  Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895, French writer

Gabriel Garcia MarquezA man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

Gabriel Garcia MarquezThe secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

Gabriel Garcia MarquezOld people, with other old people, are not so old.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

Gabriel Garcia MarquezIt is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

—  Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1927-2014, Colombian writer

Ashleigh BrilliantThe longer I live, the less future there is to worry about.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Ashleigh BrilliantThe older you get, the more important it is to not act your age.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Emily DickinsonWe turn not older with years but newer every day.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

Emily DickinsonOld age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

—  Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet

StendhalOld age is nothing but the absence of craziness, the loss of illusion and passion.

—  Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer

Cesare PaveseThe real affliction of old age is remorse.

—  Cesare Pavese, 1908-1950, Italian writer

Joseph JoubertThe evening of life brings its lamp with it.

—  Joseph Joubert, 1754-1824, French author of maxims

Personal Stories

George BurnsNice to be here? At my age it's nice to be anywhere.

—  George Burns, 1896-1996, American comedian

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Quotes in Verse

Robert BrowningCome grow old with me.
The best is yet to be.

—  Robert Browning, 1812-1889, British poet

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Funny Quotes

George BurnsYou know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.

—  George Burns, 1896-1996, American comedian

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Terry PratchettInside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

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George BurnsIf you live to be one hundred, you’ve got it made. Very few people die past that age.

—  George Burns, 1896-1996, American comedian

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George CarlinAt a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.

—  George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian

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Milton BerleThe problem with life is, by the time you can read women like a book, your library card has expired.

—  Milton Berle, 1908-2002, American comedian

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Phyllis DillerYou know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.

—  Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian

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Steven WrightHow young can you die of old age?

—  Steven Wright, 1955-, American comedian

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George BurnsRetirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples.

—  George Burns, 1896-1996, American comedian

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Phyllis DillerYou know you're old when your walker has an airbag.

—  Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian

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Agatha ChristieAn archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her.

—  Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, British writer

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Bill VaughanBy the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.

—  Bill Vaughan, 1915-1977, American journalist

Ancient Greek

DemocritusThe old man has been young, whilst it is unknown if the young man will reach old age.

Ο γέρων νέος εγένετο, ο δε νέος άδηλον ει εις γήρας αφίξεται.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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MenanderRespect old age, for it does not come alone.

Τίμα το γήρας, ου γαρ έρχεται μόνον.

—  Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy)

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Solon As I grow older, I constantly learn more.

Γηράσκω δ’ αεί πολλά διδασκόμενος.

—  Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher

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DemocritusOld age and poverty, two wounds hard to heal.

Γήρας και πενία δύο τραύματα δυσθεράπευτα.

—  Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

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EuripidesIt’s bitter for a young woman an old husband.

Πικρόν νέα γυναικί πρεσβύτης ανήρ.

—  Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Phoenix

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Bias of PrieneOld age is a harbor for bad things.

Το γήρας όρμον είναι των κακών.

—  Bias of Priene, 625-540 BC, one of the 7 sages of Ancient Greece

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AristophanesOld men are children twice.

Ως δις παίδες οι γέροντες!

—  Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Clouds

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Movie Quotes

Citizen Kane (1941)Old age, it's the only disease...that you don't look forward to being cured of.

—  from the film Citizen Kane (1941)

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Lethal Weapon (1987)I'm too old for this.

—  from the film Lethal Weapon (1987)

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The Bucket List (2007)Three things to remember when you get older: never pass up a bathroom, never waste a hard-on, and never trust a fart.

—  from the film The Bucket List (2007)

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Star Wars-Return of the Jedi (1983)When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not.

—  from the film Star Wars-Return of the Jedi (1983)

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