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I am old now. So old. My sight fades, my muscles are weak, my piss dribbles, my bones ache, and I sit in the sun and fall asleep to wake tired.
I am old, not senile,
You will be turning thirty soon, Mr. Kawana, which means that, from now on, you will gradually enter that twilight portion of life - you will be getting older.
What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.
Youth is immortal; Tis the elderly only grow old!
An old soul is nothing but a very slow learner.
Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.
There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived the great range of life.
I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, mid-life for an elephant, and ancient for a quarter-miler, whose son now says, "Dad, I just can't run the quarter with you anymore, unless I bring something to read."
Wisdom ... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
We are the heirs of the ages
Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.
There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
I am half child, half ancient.
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
Darlin', old don't mean dead.
Old age is not just for grown up's
I tell you old and young are better than tired middle-aged, nothing is so dead dead-tired, dead every way as middle-aged.
The older I get, the older old is.
I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world libraries are ablaze with scant attention.
Youth boasts of strength;
age boasts of wisdom.
I prefer old age to the alternative.
Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave.
To the young there are no degrees of old just as there are no degrees of dead - either you are, or you are not.
Did you just call me old? I really prefer the word 'experienced'.
Old, like swallowed tears.
O sir, you are old; nature in you stands on the very verge of her confine; you should be ruled and led by some discretion, that discerns your fate better than you yourself.
Age, thou hast lost thy labor.
I am seventy years old, a gray age weighted with uncompromising biblical allusions. It ought to have a gray outlook, but it hasn't, because a glint of dazzling sunshine is dancing merrily ahead of me.
Old age is the repose of life; the rest that precedes the rest that remains.
A youth without fire is followed by an old age without experience.
Young. Old. Just Words.
There is no old age of the soul.
The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
As we grow older, the memories of early life brighten, those of maturity and senescence grow dim and confused.
I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King.
Wand of elder, never prosper.
Nothing is more dishonourable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other evidence of his having lived long except his age.
Old age is not an illness, it is a timeless ascent. As power diminishes, we grow toward the light.
Old age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.
Good news for senior citizens: Death is near!
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.
After reaching ninety, one ages differently from the way one aged at fifty or sixty: one ages without bitterness.
The intruder was an obviously mature thirty, at least - quite elderly, in fact.)
You will perceive by my preaching that I am growing old: it is the privilege of years, and I am sure you will pardon it from the purity of it's motives.
An ignorant man ages like an ox. His flesh may increase, but not his understanding.
Growing older is a precious commodity. Only a few can endure to achieve that distinguished distinction and quality.
Twenty-five years old this day. 'Bless the Lord, O my soul,' for all His goodness. Man is immortal till his work is done. Use me in Thy service alone, blessed Saviour.
We who are old know that age is more than a disability. It is an intense and varied experience, almost beyond our capacity at times, but something to be carried high.
Everything is old, here. We are old - the Masters."
"You're not," Irian said. She thought him between thirty and forty[ ... ]
"But I came far. Miles can be years.
He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
I'm not ancient, darling. I'm only fifty. And when it comes to sex a woman of fifty can often outlast a man half her age.
There's more discomfort being an old soul or a person who questions a lot of things. I'm young, but I'm old.
You can call me Grandpa, if that does it for you.
I've elected to age gracefully.
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
I'd rather be a creature of the night than an old dude.
The old have weathered many seasons of the young.
I venerate old age; and I love not the man who can look without emotion upon the sunset of life, when the dusk of evening begins to gather over the watery eye, and the shadows of twilight grow broader and deeper upon the understanding.
Blessed is the society with elderly souls.
I find I'm an old soul.
Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
As you are old and reverend, you should be wise.
Ours is decidedly not an age of Abrahams, Jacobs, or of youthful Elazars proud to be regarded as men of seventy. On the contrary, it is one in which the external signs of aging are avoided at all costs, youth is worshipped, and immortality is sought not in children but in Botox.
Old age diminishes our strength; it takes away our pleasures one after the other; it withers the soul as well as the body; it renders adventure and friendship difficult; and finally it is shadowed by thoughts of death.
Sometimes the wisdom of the elderly is equivalent to that of a child.
The young... are full of hope and discontent... And the old are those who were once discontented, but who have successfully smothered that flame and have found security and comfort in various ways.
I think the word is adult!
A man is as old as his arteries and as young as his ideas.
I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.
Grandfather, Great Spirit, once more behold me on earth and lean to hear my feeble voice.
There's no such thing is aging, but maturing and knowledge. It's beautiful, I call that beauty.
(Wine is) the nurse of old age.
What then is the wisdom of the times called old? Is it the wisdom of gray hairs? No. It is the wisdom of the cradle.
at seventy-seven, what did a few wrinkles matter? A small price to pay for an energetic and active old age. She drove in the last stake,
White people don't seem to have many Elders. They do have a lot of oldsters.
Old age is a lease nature only signs as a particular favor, and it may be, to one, only in the space of two or three ages; and then with a pass to boot, to carry him through, all the traverses and difficulties she has strewed in the way of his long career.
But no matter how they make you feel, you should always watch elders carefully. They were you and you will be them. You carry the seeds of your old age in you at this very moment, and they hear the echoes of their childhood each time they see you.
I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older.
You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.
With age comes a greater wisdom, an ease and comfort with oneself.
Old age hath stronger sense of right than youth.
Though old and wise, yet still advise.
An old horse, an old bird, an old man, an old tree, they all represent a great survival in the jungle of cosmos; they deserve to be applauded and respected!
Caring for our seniors is perhaps the greatest responsibility we have. Those who walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy.
For as old age is that period of life most remote from infancy, who does not see that old age in this universal man ought not to be sought in the times nearest his birth, but in those most
remote from it?
I want to age with some dignity.
Senescence begins
And middle-age ends
The day your descendants
Outnumber your friends
I am not old but mellow like good wine.
I came to believe that God has reserved the office of elder for men, and I came to this conclusion not because of what my church taught or because of cultural trends but because of intense personal study of Scripture and the work of biblical scholars and linguists much wiser and more skilled than I.
Treasure the wisdom of old age.
Learn from elder people and be wise.
With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows.
LORD ILLINGWORTH. I never intend to grow old. The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS. ALLONBY. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy. LORD
Blessed are you when you enjoyed the company of elderly people. They are always ready to share their rich experience and wisdom with young people.
Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.
It takes Elder about 2.5 seconds to reach my room after I com him.
"What's wrong?" he asks, skidding through the door.
I laugh at the way his eyes search my room, looking for a dragon to slay for his damsel in distress.
I am Retired Leisure. I am to be met with in trim gardens. I am already come to be known by my vacant face and careless gesture, perambulating at no fixed pace nor with any settled purpose. I walk about; not to and from.
A mature soul filled with scars of life experiences.
The only true retirement is that of the heart; the only true leisure is the repose of the passions. To such persons it makes little difference whether they are young or old; and they die as they have lived, with graceful resignation.
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.