Sayings about Age
The golden age never was the present age. ~ English Proverbs
Old age and poverty are wounds that can’t be healed. ~ Greek Proverbs
Old age is a hundred disorders. ~ Welsh Proverb
Old age is ripeness. ~ United States Proverb
If youth knew! If age could! ~ French Proverb
Old age is a disease that you die from. ~ German Proverbs
Age does not give you good sense, it only makes you go slowly. ~ Finnish Proverbs
Old age devours your youth. ~ Kenyan Proverbs
The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~ Chinese Proverb
Every age has its book. ~ Arabian Proverb
An hour may destroy what an age was building. ~ English Proverbs
Old age does not announce itself. ~ South African Proverb
Rejoiced in youth, repented in age. ~ German Proverb
Everyone is the age of their heart. ~ Guatemalan Proverb
Age is a sorry travelling companion. ~ Danish Proverbs
The old age of an eagle is better than the youth of a sparrow. ~ Greek Proverbs
Old age is not a blessing. ~ Russian Proverb
Every age wants its playthings. ~ French Proverb
Age and marriage tame the beast. ~ Haitian Proverbs
Old age is no protection against foolishness. ~ German Proverb
Nothing ages more than a good deed. ~ French Proverb
It is easy to become a monk in one’s old age. ~ Ethiopian Proverbs
Dying while young is a boon in old age. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
Old age cures us of our youth. ~ Japanese Proverbs
Old age is not a joy, but death is not a gain. ~ Russian Proverb
If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength. ~ French Proverb
For age and want save while you may, no morning sun lasts a whole day. ~ United States Proverb
A warrior dies in battle; a mountain climber on the rocks, but a farmer dies of old age. ~ New Zealander Proverbs
Old age though despised, is coveted by all. ~ Traditional Proverb
People fool themselves. They pray for a long life but fear old age. ~ Chinese Proverb
We can study until old age and still not finish. ~ Chinese Proverb
He who eats a partridge in his youth will only be left with feathers in his old age. ~ Spanish Proverbs
A lazy youth, a lousy age. ~ Traditional Proverb
A man shows in his youth what he will be in his age. ~ Yugoslavian Proverb
Man is like palm-wine: when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh. ~ Congolese Proverbs
Women only keep quiet about their age. ~ German Proverb
Three things come into the house uninvited: debts, age, and death. ~ German Proverb
Old age is cruel for whores and magicians. ~ Spanish Proverbs
“Age before beauty,” said the devil as he threw his grandmother off’ the stairs. ~ German Proverb
Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~ Chinese Proverb
Age and wedlock bring a man to his nightcap. ~ English Proverbs
Youth lives on hope, old age on remembrance. ~ French Proverb
Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~ Dutch Proverbs
Where old age is evil, youth can learn no good. ~ English Proverb
Old age will not come alone. ~ Welsh Proverb
In youth, one has tears without grief; in age, grief without tears. ~ French Proverb
Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom. ~ Greek Proverbs
