Thomas Carlyle Age Quotes

What did Thomas Carlyle say about Age?

Thomas Carlyle has written many quotes about Age. E.g.,

• Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
• It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.

What are the top most famous Age quotes by Thomas Carlyle?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Age by Thomas Carlyle.

• Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
• It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.