old quotes

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty.
Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace.
Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.”

“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.”

“I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.”

“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong. ”

“I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I've got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.”

“A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold. ”

“Education is the best provision for old age. ”

“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. ”

“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. ”

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”

Old quotes - All would live long, but none would be old.

“All would live long, but none would be old.”

Old quotes - By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.

“By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.”

“Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.”

“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.”

“The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, and the young know everything.”

“I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.”

“I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.”

“I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things.”

“An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.”

“Every murderer is probably somebody's old friend.”

“A boy's story is the best that is ever told.”

“My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”

“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.”

“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.”

Old quotes - Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

“Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. ”

“The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. ”

Old quotes - Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

“Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.”

“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.”

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.”