Aged

Famous quotes containing the word aged:

“It is as often a weakness in the aged to dictate to the young, as it is folly in the young to slight the warnings of the aged.”
—H., U.S. women’s magazine contributor. American Ladies Magazine, pp. 230-3 (May 1828)

““She’s somebody’s mother, boys, you know,
For all she’s aged and poor and slow,

“And I hope some fellow will lend a hand
To help my mother, you understand,

“If ever she’s poor and old and gray,
When her own dear boy is far away.””
—Mary Dow Brine (1816–1913)

“Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when.”
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)