To labour is the lot of man below;
And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.
Retirement Quotes
Retirement does not have a Wikiquote page, so this one borrows from three that do: work, time and age. The result suits a card or a send-off speech better than a close reading. There are lines about labour well done, about the years running on, and about being old that are rueful more often than sentimental.
As elsewhere on the site, each quote links to its own page with the source and the editors’ notes. If you want to put a name under a line in a card, check for a flag first.
Most quoted on retirement:
How blest is he who crowns in shades like these,
A youth of labour with an age of ease.
How can we live without our lives? How will we know it's us without our past?
Are you done with reviews and criticisms of life? animating now to life itself?