Aged

Famous quotes containing the word aged:

“Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor;
Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)

“Now, aged 50, I’m just poised to shoot forth quite free straight & undeflected my bolts whatever they are.”
—Virginia Woolf (1882–1941)

“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)