“Old age has its pleasures, which though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”

About W. Somerset Maugham

1874 – 1965

English playwright and novelist, author of "Of Human Bondage".

“The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity.”

“You know, there are two good things in life, freedom of thought and freedom of action.”

“It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all of the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it.”

“Age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress.”

“There is an old age which has more youth of heart than youth itself.”

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“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”

“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent—that is to triumph over old age.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.”

“The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.”