Edward Young Quotes

You don't get to be old bein' no fool.

I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher.

As I grow older and I don't run so fast, I'm not so eager to get myself in situations where I'm going to have to run.

As we grow older we grow both more foolish and wiser at the same time.

To a fool time brings only age not wisdom.

I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty

In growing old, we become more foolish - and more wise.

Only a fool is not afraid.

The older a fool is, the worse he is.

The man who remains a fool even in advanced age is really a fool, just as the Indra-Varuna fruit does not become sweet no matter how ripe it might become.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

The first thing you learn in life is you're a fool. The last thing you learn in life is you're the same fool.

Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.

Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.

My friend Madea has "attitude" that comes with wisdom. Back in our teens and twenties, we thought we knew everything and made all those foolish mistakes. Then, when we got a little older, at thirty, we started getting these flashes of light, revelations of what a great and lucky thing it is that we didn't get caught doing those stupid things back then. Around forty, if we are lucky, we stop lying to ourselves. Fifty and above, we've run out of patience for foolishness. Take me to the bottom line.

Wise men say, only fools rush in. Wise men are so slow.

My Father always told me that a fool at 40 is a fool for life.

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

How old do you have to get before wisdom descends like a plastic bag over your head and you learn to keep your big mouth shut? Maybe never. Maybe you get more frivolous with age.

He's a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.

Ripe old age, cheerful, useful, and understanding, is one of the finest influences in the world.

Tis better to sit there and look the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it.

The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.

One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.

The advantage of growing old is that you become aware of your mistakes more quickly.