“Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old
To the very verge of the churchyard mould.”
Her Moral; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
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British writer 1799–1845Related quotes
“Next to the very young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.”
Source: The Virginians (1857-1859), Ch. 61.
“The very young and the very old often saw what others could not. Or would not.”
Source: Valley of Silence
“Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.”
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 56
"Youth", line 1; from Poems (Hampstead: Priory Press, 1910) p. 15; on Rupert Brooke.
“After centuries of dormancy, young women can now look toward a future moulded by their own hands.”
Quoted in Obituary in The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/30/rita-levi-montalcini
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
Étude pour un buste de M. Erik SATIE peint par lui-même, avec une pensée: je suis venu au monde très jeune dans un temps très vieux.
Written to accompany a self-portrait caricature drawn by himself - see image
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