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  1. A quotation from Euripides

    JASON: I go — a father once; now childless.
    MEDEA: You grieve too soon. Old age is coming.
     
    [ἸΆΣΩΝ: στείχω, δισσῶν γ᾽ ἄμορος τέκνων.
    ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔπω θρηνεῖς: μένε καὶ γῆρας.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1395ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/85377/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #bitterness #childlessness #grief #growingold #lamentation #loss #mourning #oldage #sorrow

  2. A quotation from Euripides

    JASON: I go — a father once; now childless.
    MEDEA: You grieve too soon. Old age is coming.
     
    [ἸΆΣΩΝ: στείχω, δισσῶν γ᾽ ἄμορος τέκνων.
    ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔπω θρηνεῖς: μένε καὶ γῆρας.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1395ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/85377/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #bitterness #childlessness #grief #growingold #lamentation #loss #mourning #oldage #sorrow

  3. A quotation from Euripides

    JASON: I go — a father once; now childless.
    MEDEA: You grieve too soon. Old age is coming.
     
    [ἸΆΣΩΝ: στείχω, δισσῶν γ᾽ ἄμορος τέκνων.
    ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔπω θρηνεῖς: μένε καὶ γῆρας.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1395ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/85377/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #bitterness #childlessness #grief #growingold #lamentation #loss #mourning #oldage #sorrow

  4. A quotation from Euripides

    JASON: I go — a father once; now childless.
    MEDEA: You grieve too soon. Old age is coming.
     
    [ἸΆΣΩΝ: στείχω, δισσῶν γ᾽ ἄμορος τέκνων.
    ΜΉΔΕΙΑ: οὔπω θρηνεῖς: μένε καὶ γῆρας.]

    Euripides (485?-406? BC) Greek tragic dramatist
    Medea [Μήδεια], l. 1395ff (431 BC) [tr. Vellacott (1963)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/euripides/85377/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #euripides #medea #bitterness #childlessness #grief #growingold #lamentation #loss #mourning #oldage #sorrow

  5. A quotation from Elizabeth Bear

    We claim the dignity of age, but the truth is, age leaves us without any dignity at all.

    Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971) American author [pseud. for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky]
    Bone and Jewel Creatures, ch. 4 [Bijou] (2010)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bear-elizabeth/85244…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #elizabethbear #age #dignity #disability #gettingold #growingold #mortality #oldage #seniority

  6. A quotation from Elizabeth Bear

    We claim the dignity of age, but the truth is, age leaves us without any dignity at all.

    Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971) American author [pseud. for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky]
    Bone and Jewel Creatures, ch. 4 [Bijou] (2010)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bear-elizabeth/85244…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #elizabethbear #age #dignity #disability #gettingold #growingold #mortality #oldage #seniority

  7. A quotation from Elizabeth Bear

    We claim the dignity of age, but the truth is, age leaves us without any dignity at all.

    Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971) American author [pseud. for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky]
    Bone and Jewel Creatures, ch. 4 [Bijou] (2010)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bear-elizabeth/85244…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #elizabethbear #age #dignity #disability #gettingold #growingold #mortality #oldage #seniority

  8. A quotation from Elizabeth Bear

    We claim the dignity of age, but the truth is, age leaves us without any dignity at all.

    Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971) American author [pseud. for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky]
    Bone and Jewel Creatures, ch. 4 [Bijou] (2010)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bear-elizabeth/85244…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #elizabethbear #age #dignity #disability #gettingold #growingold #mortality #oldage #seniority

  9. A quotation from Elizabeth Bear

    We claim the dignity of age, but the truth is, age leaves us without any dignity at all.

    Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971) American author [pseud. for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky]
    Bone and Jewel Creatures, ch. 4 [Bijou] (2010)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bear-elizabeth/85244…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #elizabethbear #age #dignity #disability #gettingold #growingold #mortality #oldage #seniority

  10. A quotation from Elizabeth Bear

    Age had not yet defeated her on all fronts, though it was a war of attrition she knew she was fated to lose.

    Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971) American author [pseud. for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky]
    Bone and Jewel Creatures, ch. 3 (2010)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bear-elizabeth/85135…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #elizabethbear #age #gettingold #growingold #humancondition #mortality #oldage

  11. A quotation from Elizabeth Bear

    Age had not yet defeated her on all fronts, though it was a war of attrition she knew she was fated to lose.

    Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971) American author [pseud. for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky]
    Bone and Jewel Creatures, ch. 3 (2010)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bear-elizabeth/85135…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #elizabethbear #age #gettingold #growingold #humancondition #mortality #oldage

  12. A quotation from Elizabeth Bear

    Age had not yet defeated her on all fronts, though it was a war of attrition she knew she was fated to lose.

    Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971) American author [pseud. for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky]
    Bone and Jewel Creatures, ch. 3 (2010)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bear-elizabeth/85135…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #elizabethbear #age #gettingold #growingold #humancondition #mortality #oldage

  13. A quotation from Elizabeth Bear

    Age had not yet defeated her on all fronts, though it was a war of attrition she knew she was fated to lose.

    Elizabeth Bear (b. 1971) American author [pseud. for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky]
    Bone and Jewel Creatures, ch. 3 (2010)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bear-elizabeth/85135…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #elizabethbear #age #gettingold #growingold #humancondition #mortality #oldage

  14. A quotation from Maugham

    For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

    W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
    The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)

    More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #gettingold #goodlife #growingold #livingwell #oldage #perspective #pleasure

  15. A quotation from Maugham

    For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

    W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
    The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)

    More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #gettingold #goodlife #growingold #livingwell #oldage #perspective #pleasure

  16. A quotation from Maugham

    For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

    W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
    The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)

    More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #gettingold #goodlife #growingold #livingwell #oldage #perspective #pleasure

  17. A quotation from Maugham

    For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

    W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
    The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)

    More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #gettingold #goodlife #growingold #livingwell #oldage #perspective #pleasure

  18. A quotation from Trotsky

    Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

    Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian politician, Marxist, intellectual, revolutionary [b. Lev Davidovich Bronstein]
    Diary, Notebook 2 (1935-05-08) [tr. Zarudnaya (1958)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/trotsky-leon/16761/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #trotsky #leontrotsky #aging #expectations #growingold #oldage #surprise #gettingold

  19. A quotation from Trotsky

    Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

    Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian politician, Marxist, intellectual, revolutionary [b. Lev Davidovich Bronstein]
    Diary, Notebook 2 (1935-05-08) [tr. Zarudnaya (1958)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/trotsky-leon/16761/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #trotsky #leontrotsky #aging #expectations #growingold #oldage #surprise #gettingold

  20. A quotation from Trotsky

    Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

    Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian politician, Marxist, intellectual, revolutionary [b. Lev Davidovich Bronstein]
    Diary, Notebook 2 (1935-05-08) [tr. Zarudnaya (1958)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/trotsky-leon/16761/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #trotsky #leontrotsky #aging #expectations #growingold #oldage #surprise #gettingold

  21. A quotation from Trotsky

    Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

    Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian politician, Marxist, intellectual, revolutionary [b. Lev Davidovich Bronstein]
    Diary, Notebook 2 (1935-05-08) [tr. Zarudnaya (1958)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/trotsky-leon/16761/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #trotsky #leontrotsky #aging #expectations #growingold #oldage #surprise #gettingold

  22. A quotation from Trotsky

    Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man.

    Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Russian politician, Marxist, intellectual, revolutionary [b. Lev Davidovich Bronstein]
    Diary, Notebook 2 (1935-05-08) [tr. Zarudnaya (1958)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/trotsky-leon/16761/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #trotsky #leontrotsky #aging #expectations #growingold #oldage #surprise #gettingold

  23. The challenge is to age as successfully as we can. For society, the challenge of successful ageing is a paramount issue touching on all aspects of life -- social, economic, medical and spiritual. For the individual, the challenge is to reach old age in optimum health and to develop the resources and attitudes to preserve independence and quality of life for as long as possible.
    -- Tom Kirkwood

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TomKirkwood #GrowingOld

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  24. The challenge is to age as successfully as we can. For society, the challenge of successful ageing is a paramount issue touching on all aspects of life -- social, economic, medical and spiritual. For the individual, the challenge is to reach old age in optimum health and to develop the resources and attitudes to preserve independence and quality of life for as long as possible.
    -- Tom Kirkwood

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TomKirkwood #GrowingOld

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  25. The challenge is to age as successfully as we can. For society, the challenge of successful ageing is a paramount issue touching on all aspects of life -- social, economic, medical and spiritual. For the individual, the challenge is to reach old age in optimum health and to develop the resources and attitudes to preserve independence and quality of life for as long as possible.
    -- Tom Kirkwood

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TomKirkwood #GrowingOld

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  26. The challenge is to age as successfully as we can. For society, the challenge of successful ageing is a paramount issue touching on all aspects of life -- social, economic, medical and spiritual. For the individual, the challenge is to reach old age in optimum health and to develop the resources and attitudes to preserve independence and quality of life for as long as possible.
    -- Tom Kirkwood

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TomKirkwood #GrowingOld

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  27. The challenge is to age as successfully as we can. For society, the challenge of successful ageing is a paramount issue touching on all aspects of life -- social, economic, medical and spiritual. For the individual, the challenge is to reach old age in optimum health and to develop the resources and attitudes to preserve independence and quality of life for as long as possible.
    -- Tom Kirkwood

    #Wisdom #Quotes #TomKirkwood #GrowingOld

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Panopainting #NewMexico

  28. A quotation from Maugham

    For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

    W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
    The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)

    More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…


    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #williamsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #goodlife #growingold #oldage #perspective #pleasure #gettingold #livingwell

  29. A quotation from Maugham

    For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

    W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
    The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)

    More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…


    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #williamsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #goodlife #growingold #oldage #perspective #pleasure #gettingold #livingwell

  30. A quotation from Maugham

    For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

    W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
    The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)

    More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…


    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #williamsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #goodlife #growingold #oldage #perspective #pleasure #gettingold #livingwell

  31. A quotation from Maugham

    For the complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

    W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English novelist and playwright [William Somerset Maugham]
    The Summing Up, ch. 73 (1938)

    More about this quote: wist.info/maugham-william-some…


    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #maugham #somersetmaugham #wsomersetmaugham #williamsomersetmaugham #aging #completeness #goodlife #growingold #oldage #perspective #pleasure #gettingold #livingwell

  32. A quotation from Cesare Pavese

    I’ve made a lot of stupid mistakes. Everyone does in this life. The real affliction of old age is remorse.
     
    [Ho fatto molti stupidi errori, se ne fanno nella vita. I veri acciacchi dell’età sono i rimorsi.]

    Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian writer. essayist, literary critic
    The Moon and the Bonfire [La Luna e i Falò], ch. 8 [The Cavaliere] (1950) [tr. Sinclair (1952)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/pavese-cesare/83914/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cesarepavese #gettingold #growingold #humancondition #mistakes #oldage #regrets #remorse

  33. A quotation from Cesare Pavese

    I’ve made a lot of stupid mistakes. Everyone does in this life. The real affliction of old age is remorse.
     
    [Ho fatto molti stupidi errori, se ne fanno nella vita. I veri acciacchi dell’età sono i rimorsi.]

    Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian writer. essayist, literary critic
    The Moon and the Bonfire [La Luna e i Falò], ch. 8 [The Cavaliere] (1950) [tr. Sinclair (1952)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/pavese-cesare/83914/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cesarepavese #gettingold #growingold #humancondition #mistakes #oldage #regrets #remorse

  34. A quotation from Cesare Pavese

    I’ve made a lot of stupid mistakes. Everyone does in this life. The real affliction of old age is remorse.
     
    [Ho fatto molti stupidi errori, se ne fanno nella vita. I veri acciacchi dell’età sono i rimorsi.]

    Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian writer. essayist, literary critic
    The Moon and the Bonfire [La Luna e i Falò], ch. 8 [The Cavaliere] (1950) [tr. Sinclair (1952)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/pavese-cesare/83914/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cesarepavese #gettingold #growingold #humancondition #mistakes #oldage #regrets #remorse

  35. A quotation from Cesare Pavese

    I’ve made a lot of stupid mistakes. Everyone does in this life. The real affliction of old age is remorse.
     
    [Ho fatto molti stupidi errori, se ne fanno nella vita. I veri acciacchi dell’età sono i rimorsi.]

    Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian writer. essayist, literary critic
    The Moon and the Bonfire [La Luna e i Falò], ch. 8 [The Cavaliere] (1950) [tr. Sinclair (1952)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/pavese-cesare/83914/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cesarepavese #gettingold #growingold #humancondition #mistakes #oldage #regrets #remorse

  36. A quotation from Maurois

    Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
     
    [Vieillir n’est qu’une mauvaise habitude; l’homme occupé n’a pas le temps de la prendre.]

    André Maurois (1885-1967) French author [b. Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog]
    The Art of Living [Un Art de Vivre], ch. 8 “The Art of Growing Old” (1939) [tr. Whitall (1940)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/maurois-andre/66030/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #andremaurois #aging #badhabit #busyness #gettingold #growingold #keepingbusy #living #oldage