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I don’t know how old I am because the goat ate the Bible that had my birth certificate in it. The goat lived to be twenty-seven.
Satchel Paige1906–1982
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
Plato429–349 BCThe RepublicIn context
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball1911–1989
- Youth
Youth has no age.
Pablo Picasso1881–1973
- Youth
Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
Ogden Nash1902–1971Versus (1949), “Let’s Not Climb the Washington Monument Tonight”
You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.
Plato429–349 BCThe Laws (Plato’s last and longest dialogue)
- Youth
If you live to the age of a hundred you have it made because very few people die past the age of a hundred.
George Burns1896–1996
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
H. L. Mencken1880–1956“Advice to Young Men” in Prejudices: Third Series (1922).
- Wisdom
The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.1841–1935Often credited to Oliver Wendell Holmes
- Reading
There is still no cure for the common birthday.
John Glenn1921–2016
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.
Ogden Nash1902–1971
- Youth
The prosperity of a country can be seen simply in how it treats its old people.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Government
Aging is mandatory. Maturity is optional.
CAChris Antonak
Elderly men who are popular with young women usually lack wisdom.
NBNachman of Bratslav
- Men
It’s easier to build a boy than to mend a man.
Charles Gavin
- Youth