Oscar Wilde on Old Age and other deep quotes.

If I had twice as much wisdom as I had when I was a young man and half of that energy I had then now the world would be a different place.

ME.

Cool :)

I forgot to add what inspired that quote

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Among those who gave eulogies were Terry Semel, Jan Harlan, Steven Spielberg, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise. He was buried next to his favorite tree in Childwickbury Manor, Hertfordshire, England.[22] In her book dedicated to Kubrick, his wife Christiane included one of his favorite quotes by Oscar Wilde:

"The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young." [3]:12

"The tragedy of old age is that your powers of retention become as wet as a warthog's backside"
Scarface the Cowardly Lion

"When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all
the dunces are in a confederacy against him."

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps
and hornets break through.”

Jonathan Swift

"I mingle with my peers or no one. And since I have no peers, I mingle with no one."

“Is my paranoia getting completely out of hand, or are you
mongoloids really talking about me?”

“You could tell by the way he talked, though, that he had gone to school a long time. That was probably what was wrong with him.”

Confederacy of Dunces

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.
- Philip Roth

Character is doing the right thing, when no one is looking.

Thanks for replies all. Some of them very funny!

You dont have to be an egg to know what an omelette is. Dont know if he said but nice.