I wanted to be
I wanted to be a serious artist. Serious artists didn’t tend to be funny. But that didn’t get me a lot of attention. And just growing older, you can’t help it, you take things less seriously. Gabrielle Bell
Growing Old
A man knows when
A man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Etymology: from Latin ad-,
Etymology: from Latin ad-, to + visum, past participle of videre, to see. Advice is what you get from your parents when you are growing up, and from your children when you are growing old. Evan Esar
To a father growing
To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter. Euripides
Old men’s prayers for
Old men’s prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them. Euripides
Until you’re grown-up they
Until you’re grown-up they send you to reform school. After you’re grown-up they send you to the penitentiary. Ernest Hemingway
Mine Enemy is growing
Mine Enemy is growing old — I have at last Revenge — The Palate of the Hate departs — If any would avenge Let him be quick — the Viand flits — It is a faded Meat — Anger as soon as fed is dead — ‘Tis starving makes it fat Emily Dickinson
When one begins to
When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old. Elsie de Wolfe
It is a sadness
It is a sadness of growing older that some of us lose our ardent appreciation of what is new and different and difficult. Elizabeth Aston
We saw Time\\’s varied
We saw Time’s varied traces Were deep on every hand – Indeed, upon the people, More marked than on the land. The bands that once with firmness Could grasp the axe and blade, Now move with trembling motion, By strength of nerve decayed. The change in form and feature And furrows on the cheek Of … Read more