William Hazlitt Quotes

When I was young, I despised old people. I was provincial and narrow-minded. It's the reason I stayed stupid so long. If you only get involved with young people you don't learn anything about the world.

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

Yes, the experience of all stages of life are valuable, not just of youth.

Being seventy is not a sin.

I have a wonderful respect for old people.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.

Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

Age is how we determine how valuable you are.

I urge you children to be patient with your parents. If they seem to be out of touch on such vital issues as dating, clothing styles, modern music, and use of family cars, listen to them anyway. They have the experience that you lack.

I just really love hanging out with really old people. They're the best dinner dates you could ever have. All that life experience and understanding.

We respect our elders. There is wisdom that comes from experience, and I am not going to stop learning from wise counsel.

Aging is interesting, you know? I really love it.

My kids think I'm old and over the hill.

I'm not young. What's wrong with that?

Youth is wasted on the young.

Just because society says I'm old doesn't mean I am.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

A forty-year-old woman is only something to men who have loved her in her youth.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.