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Age Quotes

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age Picture Quote #1

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage Picture Quote #1

Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before Picture Quote #1

There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed Picture Quote #1

About 60 years ago, I said to my father, 'Old Mr. Senex is showing his age; he sometimes talks quite stupidly.' My father replied, 'That isn't age. He's always been stupid. He is just losing his ability to conceal it Picture Quote #1

Rouze up, o young men of the new age! Set your foreheads against the ignorant hirelings! For we have hirelings in the camp, the court and the university, who would, if they could, for ever depress mental and prolong corporeal war Picture Quote #1

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I think we're living in an age which despises humanity and despises bravery and doesn't need bravery because modern warfare has rather gone beyond bravery. It is a kind of warfare where people are fighting enemies they never see, killing people of whom they know nothing Picture Quote #1

Children of the future age reading this indignant page, know that in a former time love! Sweet love! Was thought a crime Picture Quote #1

In an age where public health has never been better provided for, and medical men enjoy a respect formerly reserved for the aristocracy and the clergy, millions of people are unwell, or merely feel unwell, or are in dread lest at some future time they may become unwell Picture Quote #1

All progress in literary style lies in the heroic resolve to cast aside accretions and exuberances, all the conventions of a past age that were once beautiful because alive and are now false because dead Picture Quote #1

Our age has robbed millions of the simplicity of ignorance, and has so far failed to lift them to the simplicity of wisdom Picture Quote #1

People marry most happily with their own kind. The trouble lies in the fact that people usually marry at an age where they do not really know what their own kind is Picture Quote #1

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Then I though of reading - the nice and subtle happiness of reading... This joy not dulled by age, this polite and unpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, lifelong intoxication Picture Quote #1

All our affirmations are mere matters of chronology; and even our bad taste is nothing more than the bad taste of the age we live in Picture Quote #1

This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication Picture Quote #1

Like it or not, to reach middle age with less money or less prestige than our father had is somewhat to lose face. Stupid of course, when put like that, but who is prepared to argue that we are not stupid in several important ways? Picture Quote #1

The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need Picture Quote #1

Man has no body distinct from his soul; for that called body is a portion of soul discerned by the five senses, the chief inlets of soul in this age Picture Quote #1

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Not only does society suffer from racism and sexism but it also suffers from ageism. Once you reach a certain age you're not allowed to be adventurous, you're not allowed to be sexual. I mean, is there a rule? Are you supposed to just die? Picture Quote #1

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight Picture Quote #1

'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact Picture Quote #1

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex Picture Quote #1

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding Picture Quote #1

Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent Picture Quote #1

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When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt Picture Quote #1

I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price Picture Quote #1

By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way Picture Quote #1

Age has nothing to do with wisdom, said Simple. I know a man fifty-two years old who never does go home except to take a bath and change his underwear Picture Quote #1

It's not easy to know what is true for you or me at twenty-two, my age. But I guess I'm what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you Picture Quote #1

When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality Picture Quote #1

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Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age (Age Quotes) Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage (Age Quotes) Contented, unambitious people are all very well in their way. They form a neat, useful background for great portraits to be painted against, and they make a respectable, if not particularly intelligent, audience for the active spirits of the age to play before (Age Quotes) There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed (Age Quotes) About 60 years ago, I said to my father, 'Old Mr. Senex is showing his age; he sometimes talks quite stupidly.' My father replied, 'That isn't age. He's always been stupid. He is just losing his ability to conceal it (Age Quotes) Rouze up, o young men of the new age! Set your foreheads against the ignorant hirelings! For we have hirelings in the camp, the court and the university, who would, if they could, for ever depress mental and prolong corporeal war (Age Quotes) I think we're living in an age which despises humanity and despises bravery and doesn't need bravery because modern warfare has rather gone beyond bravery. It is a kind of warfare where people are fighting enemies they never see, killing people of whom they know nothing (Age Quotes) Children of the future age reading this indignant page, know that in a former time love! Sweet love! Was thought a crime (Age Quotes) In an age where public health has never been better provided for, and medical men enjoy a respect formerly reserved for the aristocracy and the clergy, millions of people are unwell, or merely feel unwell, or are in dread lest at some future time they may become unwell (Age Quotes) All progress in literary style lies in the heroic resolve to cast aside accretions and exuberances, all the conventions of a past age that were once beautiful because alive and are now false because dead (Age Quotes) Our age has robbed millions of the simplicity of ignorance, and has so far failed to lift them to the simplicity of wisdom (Age Quotes) People marry most happily with their own kind. The trouble lies in the fact that people usually marry at an age where they do not really know what their own kind is (Age Quotes) Then I though of reading - the nice and subtle happiness of reading... This joy not dulled by age, this polite and unpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, lifelong intoxication (Age Quotes) All our affirmations are mere matters of chronology; and even our bad taste is nothing more than the bad taste of the age we live in (Age Quotes) This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication (Age Quotes) Like it or not, to reach middle age with less money or less prestige than our father had is somewhat to lose face. Stupid of course, when put like that, but who is prepared to argue that we are not stupid in several important ways? (Age Quotes) The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need (Age Quotes) Man has no body distinct from his soul; for that called body is a portion of soul discerned by the five senses, the chief inlets of soul in this age (Age Quotes) Not only does society suffer from racism and sexism but it also suffers from ageism. Once you reach a certain age you're not allowed to be adventurous, you're not allowed to be sexual. I mean, is there a rule? Are you supposed to just die? (Age Quotes) A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight (Age Quotes) 'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact (Age Quotes) There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex (Age Quotes) Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding (Age Quotes) Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent (Age Quotes) When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels under my belt (Age Quotes) I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price (Age Quotes) By the age of 9 or 10, I knew that I had to cut my own cloth and make my own way (Age Quotes) Age has nothing to do with wisdom, said Simple. I know a man fifty-two years old who never does go home except to take a bath and change his underwear (Age Quotes) It's not easy to know what is true for you or me at twenty-two, my age. But I guess I'm what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you (Age Quotes) When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality (Age Quotes)

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