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Old Quotes

"Old and young, we are all on our last cruise."

"Old and young, we are all on our last cruise."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor."

"The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary."

"I put a Phrygian cap on the old dictionary."

Victor Hugo, French Author

17

"Old and young disbelieve one another's truths."

"Old and young disbelieve one another's truths."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

17

"We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing."

"We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes."

"It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

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"No one longs to live more than someone growing old."

"No one longs to live more than someone growing old."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned."

"It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

14

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

14

"Every old poem is sacred."

"Every old poem is sacred."

Horace, Roman Poet

13

"I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair."

"I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

13

"You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub."

"You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

12

"Old foxes want no tutors."

"Old foxes want no tutors."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

12

"A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice."

"A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Old, Philosophy, Practice, Praise

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"In our heads we're all about 33 years old."

"In our heads we're all about 33 years old."

Doug Coupland, Canadian Author

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