“But when an old man dances,
His locks with age are grey.
But he's a child in mind.”
Anacreon (-570–-485 BC) Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns
Odes, XXXIX. (XXXVII), 3.
“"You are old, Father William." the young man cried,
"The few locks which are left you are grey;
You are hale, Father William—a hearty old man:
Now tell me the reason, I pray."”
The Old Man's Comforts and How He Gained Them http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/Classic%20Poems/Southey/the_old_man's_comforts.htm, st. 1 (1799).
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Vicente Guerrero (1782–1831) leading revolutionary generals of the Mexican War of Independence and President of Mexico
1819; the Spaniards had sent Guerrero's father to plead for an end to Guererro's rebellion. http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtvguerrero.html
tr. Athen. 1912, vol. 1, p. 359 http://books.google.com/books?id=9vpxAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Do+not+bandy+words+with+your+father%2C+nor+treat+him+as+a+dotard%2C+nor+reproach+the+old+man%2C+who+has+cherished+you%2C+with+his+age%22 <br class="br">Clouds, line 998-999 <br class="br">Clouds (423 BC)
“You haven't got the choice," said the old man. "You are the bearer now.”
Philip Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy
Source: His Dark Materials, The Subtle Knife (1997), Ch. 8 : The Tower of the Angels
Context: "Now," said Giacomo Paradisi, "here you are, take the knife, it is yours."
"I don't want it," said Will. "I don't want anything to do with it."
"You haven't got the choice," said the old man. "You are the bearer now."
"I thought you said you was," said Lyra.
"My time is over," he said. "The knife knows when to leave one hand and settle in another, and I know how to tell..."
