Growing-old Quotes

UselessnessLet mine not be the saddest fate of all, To live beyond my greater self; to see My facu...

The Babies we were are buried, and their shadows are plodding on.

It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the olde...

As if a great creature had grown old without being able to express its feelings. Not that it didn't ...

As life runs on, the road grows strange With faces new, and near the end The milestones into headsto...

One who has passed the thirtieth yearalready is as good as dead--it would be best to kill you off by...

I'm growing fonder of my staff; I'm growing dimmer in my eyes; I'm growing fainter in my laugh; I'm ...

You're the only friend I need Sharing beds like little kids And laughing 'til our ribs get tough But...

Adulthood is a wonderful thing and brief. You must be sure to enjoy it while it lasts. I believe the...

People talk about how wonderful the world must seem to children, and that's true enough. But childre...

Glory went to look in on her father. He lay on his right side, his face composed, intent on sleep. H...

If you, as a parent, raise your children well, they won't need you anymore. If you did it properly, ...

He was already beginning, as always happens at a respectable age, to take a firm stand for Raphael a...

Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experie...

We women, me and you. Tell me something real. Don’t just say I’m grown and ought to know. I don’t. I...

Beautiful surroundings, the society of learned men, the charm of noble women, the graces of art, cou...

My fugitive years are all hasting away,And I must ere long lie as lowly as they,With a turf on my br...

But me They cannot touch, Old age and death. The strange And ignominious end of old Dead folk!

There is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his u...