“Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed by youth...”
Sinclair Lewis
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.”
Oscar Wilde
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.”
Victor Hugo
“For Montaigne, the death of youth, which so often takes place unnoticed is the harder death; what we habitually refer to as 'death' is no more than the death of old age...The leap from the attenuated survival of senescence into nonexistence is much easier than the sly transition from heedless youth crabbed and regretful age.”
Julian Barnes
“Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“old age and treachery always beat out youth and skill.”
Wayne Newton