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Old Quotes (page 7)

Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for..."
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves..."
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the..."
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Josh Billings quote: "Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal."
Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. Josh Billings
Amelia Barr quote: "Old age is the verdict of life."
Old age is the verdict of life. Amelia Barr
Gloria Naylor quote: "Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes."
Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes. Gloria Naylor
Tacitus quote: "Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor. Tacitus
Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them. Honore de Balzac
Archilochus quote: "Old women should not seek to be perfumed."
Old women should not seek to be perfumed. Archilochus
Antiphanes quote: "Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take..."
Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it. Antiphanes
Muhammad Ali quote: "Old age is just a record of one's whole life."
Old age is just a record of one's whole life. Muhammad Ali
Oliver Goldsmith quote: "I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old..."
I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines. Oliver Goldsmith
The Little Boy and the Old Man. Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon."Said the old man, "I do that too."The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants."I do that too," laughed the little old man. Said the little boy, "I often cry."The old man nodded, "So do I."But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems. Grown-ups don't pay attention to me."And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand. I know what you mean," said the little old man. Shel Silverstein
An old market had stood there until I'd been about six years old, when the authorities had renamed it the Olde Market, destroyed it, and built a new market devoted to selling T-shirts and other objects with pictures of the old market. Meanwhile, the people who had operated the little stalls in the old market had gone elsewhere and set up a thing on the edge of town that was now called the New Market even though it was actually the old market. Neal Stephenson
Grandmother was always regretting the old days-she was younger in old days, and the sun was warmer in old days, and cream did not turn so sour in old days-it was always the old days! Fyodor Dostoevsky

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