Young and old

“Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72." Mark Twain


Grok helpfully says that this is "not a statistical fact. It is a metaphorical observation.."


The psychologist William James thought people become old fogeys at 26 but I think intelligent people aged between 28 and 30 are what make every country.


"At twenty years old, all I had in mind was the extermination of the old; I still believe it's urgent, but now I'd add that of the young; with age we have a more complete view of things." "
Emil Cioran

“Sooner or later, the time comes for almost everybody when, although he has sworn to himself that he will never utter such sentiments, he declares that the country is going to the dogs, that life has become louder, public manners cruder, and art totally incomprehensible. Where, he asks himself, will it all end?” Quentin Crisp