Famous English Quotes

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.

Man has no Body distinct from his Soul for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets of Soul in this age.

Do you remember when you were 10 or 11 years old and you really thought your folks were the best? They were completely omniscient and you took their word for everything. And then you got older and you went through this hideous age when suddenly they were the devil, they were bullies, and they didn't know anything.

This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.

The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind.

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this materialistic age a great many of us are possessed by our possessions.

Like many women my age, I am 28 years old.