Age

Famous quotes containing the word age:

“Our age believed herself pregnant with auspicious progeny, but when her hour came, it turned out to be dropsy.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“A good old man, sir, he will be talking; as they say, “When the age is in, the wit is out.””
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)