
“Old age is the harbor of all ills.”
Bion, 47.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy
As quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, iv. 48.
“Old age is the harbor of all ills.”
Bion, 47.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy
“Old age comes on apace to ravage all the clime.”
Book i. Stanza 25.
The Minstrel; or, The Progress of Genius (1771)
As quoted in Teacher's Treasury of Stories for Every Occasion (1958) by Millard Dale Baughman, p. 69
1950s
“Nature abhors the old, and old age seems the only disease; all others run into this one.”
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Circles
“Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.”
Trotzky's Diary in Exile — 1935 (1958)
“Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.”
Drawn and Quartered (1983)
Robert Kennedy, in "Live Young Forever: 12 Steps to Optimum Health, Fitness and Longevity", p. 10
"Sun and Fun — Song of a Night-club Proprietress", from A Few Late Chrysanthemums.
Poetry
“The heads of strong old age are beautiful / Beyond all grace of youth”