“Childhood itself is scarcely more lovely than a cheerful, kind, sunshiny old age.”
Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880) American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist
1840s, Letters from New York (1843) <br class="br">Source: Letters from New York http://www.bartleby.com/66/66/12266.html, vol. 1, letter 37
Anne-Thérèse de Marguenat de Courcelles, marquise de Lambert (1647–1733) writer from France
Source: An Essay on Old Age, 1732, p. 121
“Colleges are like old-age homes; except for the fact that more people die in colleges.”
Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Playboy Interview (February 1966)
“As we age, we become more foolish and wiser.”
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
En vieillissant on devient plus fou et plus sage.
Maxim 210.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“Old age," she said, "is slower than a grenade, but a lot more thorough.”
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
Vorkosigan Saga, Cryoburn (2010)
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 37.
“There [is] no innocence more dangerous than the innocence of age.”
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer
