Emily Dickinson
Poet
"Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought."
Old Age quotes
Old Age
47 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Old age is by nature rather talkative."
Simone de Beauvoir
Philosopher, Writer
"Old age is life's parody."
Ram Dass
Spiritual Teacher, Author
"Old age spiritualizes people naturally"
Joyce Kilmer
Poet, Writer
"There is no place in which to hide when Age comes seeking for his bride."
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"Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived."
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"One of the things you realize about gettin older is that not everybody is goin to get older with you."
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"Old age takes in part savoury wisdom for its food - see to that your old age will not lack in nourishment."
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"No one should be alone in their old age, he thought."
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"When I cease to be indignant I will have begun my old age."
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"Nature abhors the old."
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"old folks is the nation."
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"No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day."
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"Old age by nature is rather talkative."
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"Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on."
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"How strange it is that life must be nearly over, before one fully learns to live!"
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