(14 quotes found)
“Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.”
Helen Rowland
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.”
Victor Hugo
“At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.”
George William Curtis
“What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy”
Voltaire
“To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.”
Bernard M. Baruch
“There is so much more than that little space from 14 to 40. And if you cut that off and begin to believe that you are not good past a certain age, then you end up scared and insecure and afraid. That is definitely NOT beautiful.”
Rene Russo
“To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“35 is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.”
Oscar Wilde
“The "I just woke up" face of your 30's is the "all day long" face of your 40's”
Libby Reid
