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"If youth knew; if age could."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Age, Youth

"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Age, Absurdity, May

"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

Willa Cather, American Author

Age, Writer

"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Time, Old

"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

Age, Months

"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

Age, Belief, Disguise

"Not even old age knows how to love death."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Death, Love, Old

"No lie ever reaches old age."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Age, Lie, Old

"At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me."

Barnaby C. Keeney, American Educator

Age, People, College, Hell

"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

Quentin Crewe, British Journalist

Age, Children, Parents

Explore more quotes by E. Joseph Cossman

"Square meals often make round people."

People

"The greatest power is often simple patience."

Power

"If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today."

Memory

"Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal."

Goal

"Since it is not granted to us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived."

Legacy

"Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard."

People

"Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners."

Finance

"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves."

Business

"Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places."

Age