“The old never lack for a story when they’re standing in the sun or in front of a warm fireplace.”- Sicilian Proverb
Category Archives: AGEING
Although you take a reptile and place it on a cushion it will seek a heap of dried leaves. Tamil.
“Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.”
― Christopher Morley
If you wish good advice consult an old man or an old woman.
Though old and wise be still advised.
The silver swan, who living had no note, When death approached, unlocked her silent throat; Leaning her breast against the reedy shore, Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more: ‘Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close mine eyes; More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.’ 1612 TheFirst Set of Madrigals and Motets of Five Parts,’The Silver Swan’.
Renee Winegarten :
Old age cannot be cured. An epoch or a civilization cannot be prevented from breathing its last. A natural process that happens to all flesh and all human manifestations cannot be arrested. You can only wring your hands and utter a beautiful swan song.
[Renee Winegarten (b. 1922), British author, critic. “The Idea of Decadence,” Commentary (New York, Sept. 1974).]
The late ferry is leaving now; I stay to watch from the balcony
ROBERT GRAY THE LATE FERRY
“And I shall watch the ferry boats, and they’ll get high, on a bluer ocean against tomorrow’s sky. and i will never grow so old again, and i will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain…” – Van Morrison
THE OLD PROVERBIAL RECOVERY 