Quotes with middle-age

Quotes 561 till 580 of 825.

  • Friedrich Melchior Grimm The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them.
    Friedrich Melchior Grimm
    German-born French-language journalist, art critic and diplomat
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  • Friedrich Melchior Grimm The glory of a people and of an age is always the work of a small number of great men, and disappears with them.
    Friedrich Melchior Grimm
    German-born French-language journalist, art critic and diplomat
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Benjamin Haydon The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
    Benjamin Haydon
    British artist (1786 - 1846)
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  • A. J. P. Taylor The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
    An Old Mans Diary (1981) p. 39
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • C. S. Lewis The Guide sang: The new age, the new art, the new ethic and thought, And fools crying, Because it has begun It will continue as it has begun! The wheel runs fast, therefore the wheel will run Faster for ever, The old age is done, We have new lights and see without the sun.
    The Pilgrims Regress (1933) Pilgrims Regress 186-187
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Lord Chesterfield The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Louise Bogan The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie.
    Louise Bogan
    American poet (1897 - 1970)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is - Imbecility; imbecility in the vast majority of men, at all times, and, even in heroes, in all but certain eminent moments; victims of gravity, custom, and fear.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Cat Stevens The latest horror to hit the U.S. looks to have been caused by people of Middle Eastern origin, bearing Muslim names. Again, shame. This fuels more hatred for a religion and a people who have nothing to do with these events.
    Cat Stevens
    British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1948 - )
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  • Winston Churchill The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • C. S. Lewis The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
    A Year with C. S. Lewis
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Brigham Young The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity.
    First Vision Journal of Discourses 8:354. (March 3, 1861)
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • Arianna Huffington The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009 - only this time, it's not just one giant insurance company (and its banking counterparties) facing disaster, it's tens of millions of hardworking Americans who played by the rules.
    Arianna Huffington
    Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman (1950 - )
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  • Alcee Hastings The Middle East is literally going up in flames, as is California, and Katrina's problems haven't been solved, and Congress' response is to criticize Federal judges.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Barack Obama The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • P. J. O'Rourke The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.
    P. J. O'Rourke
    American journalist (1947 - )
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  • Robert Frost The middle of the road is where the white line is - and that's the worst place to drive.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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