“They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims; soon offended by contradiction or negligence; and impatient of any association but with those that will watch their nod, and submit themselves to unlimited authority.” StatesFoundWatchesPracticeAuthorityContradictionAssociationSubmitUnlimitedOffendedMaximsImpatientBachelorsTenaciousNegligenceMorose Book:The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752 Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
“Those who compare the age in which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in imagination, may talk of degeneracy and decay; but no man who is correctly informed as to the past, will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.” MenMayAgePastImaginationViewsHistoryGoldenCompareFallenDecayGolden AgeMorose Author:Thomas B. Macaulay