Age Quotes
Quotations about age and aging, paired with their attributed speakers or authors.
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| ID | Quote | Person |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age. | Victor Hugo |
| 2 | Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. | Benjamin Franklin |
| 3 | Middle age is when you’re sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn’t for you. | Ogden Nash |
| 4 | No one is so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. | Henry David Thoreau |
| 5 | The old believe everything: the middle-aged suspect everything: the young know everything. | Oscar Wilde |
| 6 | You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. | Bob Hope |
| 7 | No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year. | Cicero |
| 8 | Age imprints more wrinkles on the mind than it does on the face. | Montaigne |
| 9 | Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened. | Terry Pratchett |
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Last checked against sources: October 15, 2026.
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