William Butler Yeats Quotes

People don't realize the great happiness there is in living to be very old and together all the time.

After all, life hasn't much to offer except youth, and I suppose for older people, the love of youth in others.

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.

I'm going to be 75 in May. How can I have lived this long and not know anything?

I've never been scared of aging.

When you're 20, you think you know a lot more than you do.

I really feel better about aging at the age of 86 than I did at 70.

At 30 I thought I knew everything, and 30 years later I didn't know anything.

Of course, no one wants to get older.

I think I have aged gracefully.

There must be times when people look in the mirror and they realize they're 60.

I'm getting older. That's realistic. I can't reverse time. I can slow it down a little bit.

As you get older, you're humbled by the fact that you're a moron.

It is one thing to see your friend dance around a table when she's 25, quite another thing to see her doing it when she's 62.

I think I was born aged about 86.

Some feel old at 45.

There's something about being around a long time that puts stuff in perspective.

I used to think 63 was old.

Youthful beauty is a poor indicator of long-term appeal in a man.

At one point in my life, I thought getting old was a bad thing. Then I realized that the prestige, the respect, and the honor that people hold you at for being able to do anything for 20 years is well worth it.

You can't stop getting older; you just have to keep going and laugh a lot.

The age doesn't really matter to me as it seems to matter to other people. A lot of people think that youth or age is the total sum of your knowledge about anything, and it's absolutely untrue. I think I might have even known more five years ago than I do now.

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

Happy the man who lives long enough to acknowledge his ignorance

Silver gray hair Neatly combed in place There were four generations Of love on her face She was so wise No surprise passed her eyes She's seen it all