Stout Ageing Woman

Famous quotes containing the words stout, ageing and/or woman:

    “Nearing again the legendary isle
    Where sirens sang and mariners were skinned,
    We wonder now what was there to beguile
    That such stout fellows left their bones behind.”
    —Cecil Day Lewis (1904–1972)

    “Our civilization survives in the complacency of cowardly or malignant minds—a sacrifice to the vanity of ageing adolescents.... In 1953, excess is always a comfort, and sometimes a career.”
    —Albert Camus (1913–1960)

    “When we made love,
    she issued hundreds of orders
    and her cheeks bloomed with joy,
    but at dawn,
    this same woman hangs her head
    and I’m not so sure she’s my lover.”
    —Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)