Famous Quotes

"Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage."

Hesiod on Age

More quotes about Age

• "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."

  Mark Twain on Age

• "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."

  Henry Ford on Age

• "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been."

  Mark Twain on Age

• "True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."

  Kurt Vonnegut on Age

• "A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age."

  Robert Frost on Age

More quotes by Hesiod

• "Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age."

• "Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death."

• "For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike."

• "Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you she is after your barn."

• "Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage."