W. Somerset Maugham on Age
1874–1965 England
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Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
The Summing Up (1938)
Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
The Summing Up (1938)
What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
Points of View (1959)
The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
The Summing Up (1938)