Best Old And Wise Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Oh, I never meant, in my old age, to become subject to the thrall of a love like this; it is almost dreadful, so absorbing, so stirring down to the deeps. For the tiny creature is so old and wise and sweet, and so fascinating in his sturdy common sense and clear intelligence; and his affection for me is a wonderful, exquisite thing, the sweetest flower that has bloomed for me in all my life through.”

Source: Letters of Celia Thaxter

“Though old and wise, yet still advise.”

Stills Wise Advise Old And Wise

Book:The poetical works of George Herbert

Source: The poetical works of George Herbert

“The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”

Source: Prejudices: Third Series

“How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?”

“Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.”

“I write almost always in the third person, and I don't think the narrator is male or female anyway. They're both, and young and old, and wise and silly, and sceptical and credulous, and innocent and experienced, all at once. Narrators are not even human - they're sprites.”

Thinking Writing Humans Persons Young Wise Female Thirds Males Silly Innocent Narrators Young And Old Third Person Old And Wise

Author:Philip Pullman

“He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed.”

Wise Tired Disappointed Old And Wise

Book:Lawrence of Arabia: The Man Behind the Myth (Complete Autobiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters): Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Memoirs of the Arab Revolt) + The Evolution of a Revolt + The Mint (Memoirs of the secret service in Royal Air Force) + Collected Letters (1915-1935)

Source: Lawrence of Arabia: The Man Behind the Myth (Complete Autobiographical Works, Memoirs & Letters): Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Memoirs of the Arab Revolt) + The Evolution of a Revolt + The Mint (Memoirs of the secret service in Royal Air Force) + Collected Letters (1915-1935)

“We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school.”