Oscar Wilde Quotes About Aging

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

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Happy Birthday, Growing Up

  "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" (1894)

• To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

  Oscar Wilde

  Birthday, Exercise, Up Early

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 19 (1891)

• The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Soul

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.168, Courier Corporation

• Wisdom comes with winters

  Oscar Wilde

  Life, Wisdom, Winter

  Oscar Wilde (2008). “A Selection: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.227, ReadHowYouWant.com

• No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating.

  Oscar Wilde

  Birthday, Witty, Time

  Oscar Wilde, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays”, p.1389, GENERAL PRESS

• I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.

  Oscar Wilde

  Time, Men, Age

  Oscar Wilde, Peter Raby (2008). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays: Lady Windermere's Fan; Salome; A Woman of No Importance; An Ideal Husband; The Importance of Being Earnest”, p.145, Oxford Paperbacks

• More women grow old nowadays through the faithfulness of their admirers than through anything else.

  Oscar Wilde

  Aging, Faithfulness, Admirer

  Oscar Wilde (2013). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (more than 150 Works)”, p.476, e-artnow

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