"Every person is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time."
–– Voltaire, nom de plume of François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), French writer, historian and philosopher
Source: dailyphilosopher, Instagram, November 21, 2024.
via: Sketchbook N 14, 2024, p. 38.
"Live your life and forget your age."
–– Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), American writer and minister
via: Sketchbook 33, 2023, p. 6.
"Age appears to be best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read."
–– Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Irish-born British painter
via: Sketchbook 29, 2016, p. 124.
