"An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence."

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"When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand."

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"The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are incomparably the best dull writers."

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"Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency."

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"It is not a fragrant world."

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"An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence."

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"When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

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"You should not consider a man's age but his acts."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"Age merely shows what children we remain."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"Never let your tiny age misguide you to think the time is not yet up. Get up and do it at any age."

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

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

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"The golden age is before us, not behind us."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand."

"The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement."

"The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are incomparably the best dull writers."

"I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes."

"When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it will stay split."

"I guess God made Boston on a wet Sunday."

"The more you reason the less you create."

"Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency."

"It is not a fragrant world."

"An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence."

Exlpore more Age quotes

"When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age."

"The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age."

"It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour; riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."

"You should not consider a man's age but his acts."

"Age merely shows what children we remain."

"Never let your tiny age misguide you to think the time is not yet up. Get up and do it at any age."

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

"The golden age is before us, not behind us."

"It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn."

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