“Men! What do they know? They never grow up.”
David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22
Source: The Gunslinger
“Men! What do they know? They never grow up.”
David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 22
“Men grow old, but they do not ripen.”
Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897) French novelist
Les hommes vieillissent, mais ne mûrissent pas.
Source: Notes sur la vie (published posthumously 1899), P. 103; translation p. 380.
Terence V. Powderly (1849–1924) American mayor
[Powderly, Terence, 'The Path I Trod: The Autobiography of Terence V. Powderly, 1940, Columbia University Press, 9781163178164, https://archive.org/stream/pathitrodautobio00powdrich, 46]
“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”
Ernest Hemingway book A Farewell to Arms
Source: A Farewell to Arms (1929)
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Source: The Doctrine of the Mean
“Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers.”
Piers Anthony (1934) English-American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres
Cheryl Strayed book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar