“Has the gift of laughter been withdrawn from me? I protest that I do still, at the age of forty-seven, laugh often and loud and long. But not, I believe, so long and loud and often as in my less smiling youth. And I am proud, nowadays, of laughing, and grateful to any one who makes me laugh. That is a bad sign. I no longer take laughter as a matter of course.” BelieveLongStillsMatterAgeCoursesI BelieveLaughingYouthProudLaughterGratefulSevenLoudFortyProtestMake Me LaughGift Of LaughterLaugh Often Book:The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm Source: The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm
“Women of forty always fancy they have found the Fountain of Youth, and that they remain young in the midst of the ruins of their day.” YoungFoundWomenYouthRuinsFancyFortyMidstFountainFountain Of Youth Author:Arsene Houssaye
“Alas, we are the victims of advertisement. Those who taste the joys and sorrows of fame when they have passed forty, know how to look after themselves. They know what is concealed beneath the flowers, and what the gossip, the calumnies, and the praise are worth. But as for those who win fame when they are twenty, they know nothing, and are caught up in the whirlpool.” KnowsLooksJoyWinningKnow HowYouthFlowerSorrowTasteFameTwentiesPraiseVictimCaughtFortyGossipCaught UpAlasConcealedAdvertisementsCalumnyJoys And SorrowsWhirlpools Author:Sarah Bernhardt
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.” AgeYouthHealthMedicineAgingOld AgeFiftyBirthdayFortyComing Of AgeOld PeopleGetting OldGetting OlderElderlyGrowing OldMy Birthday50th BirthdayMilestoneFunny AgingBirthdays And AgingFunny Old Age BirthdayYouth And Old AgeAge And YouthInspirational BirthdayFunny AgeStaying YoungAge Of 40Inspirational Age30th BirthdayOld BirthdayBeing OldMilestone BirthdayOver The HillOld JokesBirthday CardAge And WisdomFunny Birthday CardFunny Old BirthdayOld Age HumorFunny 40 Year Old BirthdayAge WisdomYouth Funny20th BirthdayAging And WisdomAge Of 20Age Life Author:Victor Hugo
“A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.” IfsKnowsMadeAgeHeardYouthEqualFiftyForty Book:Confucian Analects Source: Confucian Analects