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Soul! Her childhood, adolescence, youth, maturity, old age...

Each of us, Soul-analogs, first manifests itself in the Matter of the Physical Plane of the Earth, as a fragmented Consciousness, first as a “young” Soul, most concerned not about other people or its own evolution, but only about itself and is mainly occupied with lessons of adaptation and survival in new conditions of existence associated with ambitions, new structures and success.

“CHILDREN’S” Souls usually do not yet have enough Wisdom to make the right decisions in life, so they are often drawn into those streams where there are the best conditions for satisfying their egoistic desires.

IN ADOLESCENCE The soul is already learning on a more civilized basis to build its relationships not only with individuals, but also with society as a whole, paying great attention to observing the external aspects of morality, and not to its internal moral needs, which, by the way, have not yet developed in it. These Souls make up the “pillars” of the bureaucracy, the most conservative and fanatical individuals, prone to fundamentalist trends in religion, persistent and unshakable in their beliefs.

“YOUNG” age of the Soul coincides with the greatest development and manifestation of the lower “ego” in the embodied personality, with her desire to establish herself in society at any cost, at any cost, in order to quickly win her “appropriate” high place in it, which gives her numerous material privileges, power, success, fame, wealth, position and public recognition of her uniqueness.

It is precisely for the “young” Soul that a categorical assessment is characteristic, such as “good - bad” (moreover, “good” is only what contributes to the achievement of success, and everything that interferes with this is “bad”), inflexibility in one’s own judgments about things , with which she is only superficially familiar, automatic censure and contempt of any person who does not agree with her judgments, etc. Financial tycoons and political leaders, successful businessmen, military upstarts, highly specialized scientists and careerists - this is the most common field for self-expression of “young” Souls.

They study the structure of the world and its laws not for their own spiritual growth, but only in order to learn how to apply all this knowledge in practice with the greatest material benefit for themselves. At the same time, they always try to give their purely selfish activities some kind of “decent” sign and attractive moral coloring. Most “charitable” foundations are headed by “young” Souls.

Another pronounced feature of them is that they categorically reject even the very possibility of the existence of the “Life after death” phenomenon, because they very strongly identify themselves with their dense shells, which give them the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the Physical Plane. It is they who are desperately searching for the composition of the “elixir of immortality”, which would allow them to live indefinitely in a physical body. It is they who would rather and willingly allow themselves to be frozen for decades than to believe in at least the partial possibility of their conscious existence in a subtle body.

As for the “MATURE” Soul, a lot can be said here. In general terms, a “mature” Soul has already well mastered the experience of the illusory nature of any public success, wealth and power; it is less aimed at its lower “I”, and more at the desire to understand all manifestations of itself in the world and peace in itself, and to increase based on this understanding, the level of one’s own awareness. For them, their inner world is much more important than success, fame, and material well-being.

A “mature” Soul is more open and sincere, more conscientious, altruistic, friendly and kind towards others, less aggressive and militant, unforgiving, compassionate and easy-going. She knows how to sincerely accept and give love, she knows the value of true feeling. Her life, especially in the second half, is much more intense in its emotionality than that of the “young” Soul. This stimulates the development and flowering of many creative abilities in her, the discovery of talents in many areas of art, philosophy, and culture.

A “mature” Soul is fully aware of the illusory nature and frailty of this world and does not get hung up on it, relying on great opportunities and prospects in its development after disembodiment. She is no longer at all afraid of the fact of death, with which she, on the contrary, associates her subsequent spiritual ascents and hopes for better conditions for spiritual improvement. She gravitates towards non-traditional religions, towards expanding her own esoteric knowledge, without limiting her research to strict frameworks and criteria.

“OLD” Souls are characterized by a detailed study of many different religious movements and beliefs, from each of which they choose only what their own inner experience tells them, thus uniting all existing systems into one, universal one. They completely lack fixation on anything, have a highly developed sense of self-criticism and an easy, balanced, even humorous attitude towards any problems, of any scale.

They prefer to go with the flow of life rather than fight against unfavorable circumstances. They do not identify themselves with anything earthly and adhere only to high, especially sublime Ideas. They prefer not to read tedious lectures, but to teach other people by personal example...

Age is considered the second most important demographic characteristic. In demographics age is the period from a person’s birth to one or another moment of his life. Age is measured in years, months (in 1 year), weeks (in the first month of life), days (in the first week) and hours (in the first day).

Demographic events always occur at one age or another. Moreover, the frequency of their occurrence changes with age, i.e. is its function. Therefore, in demography, age is used as the most important characteristic of any demographic events. They talk about the age of death (and the average age of the deceased), the age of marriage (and the average age of marriage), and the so-called. childbearing age, etc.

In addition, age is a differentiating feature for distinguishing age statuses.

Age status (child, teenager, young person, adult, elderly, etc.) is the position in society that a person occupies depending on age. But even though age is usually determined based on date of birth, age status is a broader concept. In addition, in any society, age roles, or a set of expectations associated with age status, are established. For example, it is assumed that attraction to people of the opposite sex should begin to manifest itself in adolescents; Children between the ages of 5 and 16 are expected to go to school; It is believed that a person’s active labor activity continues from the age of 19 or 20 (depending on qualification requirements) until the age of 60. It is clear that society sets different standards for people belonging to different age categories.

Examples formal age norms are:

– get married at the age of 18

– buy alcoholic drinks from 18 years of age or 21 years of age

– retire at a certain age

– to be elected president (from the age of 35), etc.

A clear example of formal age norms is the transition of schoolchildren from one class to another in accordance with their age (if their abilities are generally neither lower nor higher than the average age level).

Other age norms are less clearly defined; they are among informal. The exact ages for finishing school, getting married, having children, and starting work are not established. However, our society has developed very definite ideas about when these events should take place. For example, it is expected that after graduating from high school (that is, at the age of approximately 17 years), people should immediately look for a job or continue their studies at college (university). In fact, research suggests that there is a “social clock” or some kind of “schedule” that tells people whether their lives are going according to a generally accepted pattern. They probably feel anxious about falling behind this schedule.

The idea of ​​a “social schedule” is formed under the strong influence of age norms. Social stereotypes have a deep meaning: if a woman has not married by a certain age (for example, by 30), she is under pressure to get married as soon as possible so as not to “remain an old maid.” The “slacker” stereotype puts pressure on a man who is in no hurry to choose a suitable job and start a family. And when we are told: “Behave as you should at your age,” we all (children, teenagers, adults) feel that we are out of step with everyone else and must change our situation.

Ideas about age periods are conventional and formed quite recently. Now it is customary to distinguish the following stages: infancy, childhood, adolescence, youth, maturity, old age, old age.

The concept of other life cycle stages is a relatively recent invention. Previously, little importance was attached to the stage we call adolescence, and adulthood was not divided into separate stages. It continued until the person could no longer work normally due to illness or senile infirmity. Old age, which in the past meant an inability to work as well as others, has become widely associated with retirement.

Modern ideas about age periods in a person's life are summarized in Table 4.1.

Table 4.1

Demographic age classification

When thinking about what youth is, romantic songs, poems by poets, dates under the moon, great hopes and unlimited possibilities immediately come to mind. However, this is just the outer shell. Adolescence is a rather interesting and difficult period for psychologists to study.

What is youth: definition

Adolescence is a stage of human physical maturation as well as personality development that lies between childhood and adulthood. From a psychological point of view, this is a transition from the dependence inherent in a child to the independence and responsibility inherent in mature people. From a physiological point of view, physical and sexual maturation ends at this moment. Also, achievement is characterized by such a concept as “youth” or “youth”. Age limits are determined by the interval from 14 to 18 years, if we are talking about domestic psychology. Foreign experts believe that adolescence begins at the age of 16.

Approaches to the problem of youth

Taking into account the need to acquire a profession, a young age is accompanied by continuous learning. At the same time, it becomes more in-depth and conscious than at an earlier age. It is characterized by the following features:

• broad and deep perception of educational material aimed at developing future professional knowledge;
• In addition to passive perception of information, the individual resorts to an active and independent search for it.

Social motives of adolescence

Childhood, youth, maturity - each period of a person’s life is characterized by certain motives that determine his activities. Young people are full of aspirations and hopes for the future. In this regard, they are guided by the following factors:

• belief in the need for continuous development, which is achieved through continued education;
• professional self-determination caused by the need to prepare for further independent life;
• social motivation caused by the desire to benefit others.

Factors for choosing a future profession

Considering that a young person in his youth must choose a future occupation, psychologists pay great attention to motives. So, the main selection factors are the following:

• social - prestige and the opportunity to take a worthy place in society;
• personal - the presence of qualities and character traits necessary for a particular profession;
• material - the opportunity to provide a decent existence for yourself and your family.

Main problems

A mass of life-changing problems characterizes such a period as adolescence. The years of a young person’s life consist of many key issues, the main ones of which are the following:

• preliminary choice of a future profession, which consists of life position, abilities and priority area of ​​knowledge;
• commitment to values ​​that determine social consciousness, as well as interpersonal relationships;
• growth of social activity, which consists not in banal interest, but in the desire to take direct part in events;
• formation of a worldview on fundamental issues;
• expansion of the sphere of interests, as well as life demands, which leads to the need for more material resources;
• social orientation of the individual, which implies the search for one’s place in society;
• searching for an answer to the question about the meaning of life and the purpose of man in it.

Formation of a young man's personality

At a certain moment, a young man takes the path of developing self-awareness, which is inextricably linked with the formation of the so-called “I”. It occurs in the following areas:

• the formation of a different attitude to the emotional sphere (feelings become not just a reaction to external events, but personal characteristics);
• awareness of the irreversible passage of time (this fact makes the young man think more seriously about his future and drawing up an individual life plan);
• the formation of a holistic idea not only of one’s body and internal structure, but also of moral, volitional and intellectual qualities.

Interpersonal relationships

During adolescence, a young person begins to reconsider relationships with others, in particular with peers. So, they are divided into two categories - friends and comrades. The first are the closest ones, those who have earned loyalty and respect. With all other peers, young people build friendly relationships that imply polite treatment, mutual respect and mutual assistance.

Communication tactics and building relationships with peers are built largely based on future well-being (both psychological and physical). The most interesting and “useful” people remain in the social circle. The rest find themselves in a kind of emotional isolation. Nevertheless, often youthful friendship is idealized and illusory.

Also, a young age is characterized by the emergence of such a deep feeling as love. This is connected not only with the completion of puberty, but also with the desire to have a close person with whom you can share problems and joyful events. A beloved person is a kind of ideal, both in terms of personal and external qualities.

Youth in the modern world

What is a dynamic category that is not constant. Over time, with the development of society, it changes significantly. Thus, due to rapidly growing acceleration, adolescence begins much earlier. But social maturity comes a little later. This is partly due to the fact that modern parents care for their children much longer.

As at any other time, young people strive to work in order to independently provide themselves with money. However, the current trend is that young men do not want to do “dirty work”, which brings little income and determines low social status. There is a tendency to want to get everything at once.

conclusions

Youth is the most beautiful time in a person’s life. It is associated not only with romantic feelings and dreams, but also with great opportunities in terms of organizing your future. Research and recommendations from psychologists help direct the activities of young people in the right direction and push them to make the right decisions.

In this material we will tell you what adolescence, childhood, and youth are. Let's briefly look at each period of human life and indicate generally accepted age boundaries.

Childhood

Ah, childhood... It’s a bright and beautiful time when a little person grows up. Step by step he gets acquainted with the world around him. This is the period when the baby begins to develop skills: he learns to speak, walk, read, count, and dress independently. At this time, the baby also begins to recognize, study and assimilate those cultural skills that are inherent in the society in which he exists. In different eras of human development, among different peoples, the period of childhood implied unequal social, and most importantly, cultural content. Over the course of history, the understanding of childhood changes. As an example, we can cite the following proverb, which was often applied to this stage in ancient Rus': “From birth to five years old, treat a child as a king-father, from seven years old to twelve - as a servant, and after twelve - as to an equal." Currently, the sciences that study the period of childhood include pedagogy, psychology, sociology, history, ethnography, each of which examines this age period in its own way.

Boyhood

The next stage that follows childhood is adolescence. The child grows, develops, learns and begins to learn to communicate. This stage can be conditionally divided into two segments: primary school, when the leading activity is learning, and secondary school - here communication is dominant. The age of adolescence has changed in different historical periods; now this period is determined from seven to fifteen years of a child’s life. This stage of a child's life is also called adolescence. What is adolescence? This is also the period of development when a person becomes sexually mature. Irritability and increased sensitivity, easy excitability and anxiety, aggressive self-defense tactics and melancholic passivity - all these extremes in this combination are characteristic of this period of life. Modern society is structured in such a way that every teenager strives to achieve the status of an adult as quickly as possible. But alas, such a dream is hard to come by. As they say, year after year, at our own pace. Therefore, as often happens, a teenager at this stage of his life acquires not a sense of adulthood, but a feeling of inferiority.

What is adolescence? This period is characterized by the influence of sign systems: the teenager becomes a consumer. Consumption is the meaning of his life. To maintain his sense of personality and gain significance among his peers, a teenager becomes the owner of a certain set of things.

Youth

After adolescence comes the time of youth. The main and most important feature of this period is the transition to independent adult life. The so-called maturity stage begins. By the end of adolescence, around the age of twenty-two, the process of maturation of the human body is completed: growth, puberty, formation of the musculoskeletal system. Facial features become more defined. During this period, the degree of personal maturity is significantly inferior to the maturity of the organism. Professional self-determination at this stage is the leading criterion. This moment is a significant step towards independence. Many types of mental functions, such as attention, sensorimotor reactions, and some types of memory, reach their maximum development. The ability to lead an independent lifestyle, which during this period requires responsible behavior and initiative from boys and girls, is the main sign of social adaptation and generally shows a positive course in the development of a young person’s personality. Personal attachments are given priority over collective relationships.

So, childhood, adolescence, adolescence are the most important years of formation of a person’s personality.

Growing Up Years

All three stages can be broken down into the following approximate time frames:

• Childhood, which covers the years of a child’s life from birth until approximately the age of seven.
• Adolescence spans the years from seven to fourteen.
• From fourteen to twenty-two - twenty-three years of age, time belongs to the stage of adolescence.

The age limits described are not strictly defined; for each culture and country they may be slightly shifted. But in general, the picture of age differentiation looks exactly like this, and it is currently well-established.

Instead of a conclusion

So, in the article we looked at what adolescence, youth and childhood are. Each of these stages of life is important based on the influence it can have on the formation of a person’s personality as a whole, the determination of his professional development path, his assimilation of universal human values, the formation of moral consciousness and the choice of a civic position.

Balzac's age is when you are no longer invited to get married, but it is still too early to go to the grave. (The author did not identify himself)

Idleness is the happiness of children and the misfortune of old people. (V. Hugo)

The diseases of old age weaken our attachment to life as we approach death. (Jonathan Swift)

I was young - I didn’t know, I became old - I forgot. (Japanese last)

Being an adult means being lonely. (Jean Rostand)

Your face at twenty years old was given to you by nature; what it will be like at fifty depends on you. (Coco Chanel)

I don't see anything romantic about age as such. Either you are interesting at any age or you are not. There is nothing particularly interesting about being old - or about being young. (K. Hepburn)

At twenty years old, desire rules over a person, at thirty years old - reason, at forty years old - reason. (B. Franklin)

At ten years old - a miracle, at twenty - a genius, and after thirty - an ordinary person. (Japanese last)

In childhood, a fool thinks only about his father and mother, in youth - only about his beloved, in old age - only about children. He never has time to think about himself. (Wanted author)

There comes a time in a woman's life sooner or later when she must finally decide on her age and stick to it until the end. (Helen Rowland)

As we grow up, we become more serious, and this, let me say, is the first step towards becoming stupid. (Joseph Addison)

You can become younger at any age. (Mae West)

At my age, I can no longer afford to feel bad. (Churchill)

When you are young, you must eat right and exercise so that you don’t have to lead a healthy lifestyle in old age. (Wanted author)

When you are young, you willingly see foreign lands; when you are old, you are even more willing to see your own. (Safir)

Inside ourselves, we are all the same age. (Gertrude Stein)

In every country, the younger generation is always foreigners.
(Anna de Stael)

Every age has its own pleasures; the pleasure of the old lies in talking about the pleasures of the young. (G. Heine)

Age always leaves traces by which it can be detected. (Tamara Kleiman)

Age is not the most important thing for a woman: you can be delightful at 20, charming at 40 and remain irresistible until the end of your days. (Coco Chanel)

The age of every man is determined by what his wife looks like. (O. Blumenthal)

Memories are what make us grow old. The secret of eternal youth is the ability to forget. (Remarque)
(Actually, amnesia is a sign of dementia and not “eternal youth”)

In old age, love turns into a vice. (Balzac)

Professionally, I have no age. (Kathleen Turner)

At fifty a man is more dangerous than at any other age, for he has costly experience and often fortune. (Balzac)

At fifty, you must have a hat and two ties, white and black: you will often have to marry and bury. (V. Klyuchevsky)

All women are young, but some are younger than others.
(Marcel Achard)

All people want to live long, but no one wants to be old.
(J. Swift)

Everything I know I learned after thirty. (Georges Clemenceau)

Everyone wants to live to old age, but when they do, they blame her. (Cicero)

At forty, we are faced with a choice: either prolong our youth or prolong our life. (Jacques Deval)

Remembering our youth is like visiting the grave of a friend whom we offended and have no way to make amends for. (John Foster)

In old age there is no better consolation than the knowledge that all the strength in youth was devoted to a task that does not grow old. (Schopenhauer)

In essence, old age begins from the moment a person loses the ability to learn. (Arturo Graf)

Second youth is the return of stupidity, but without pleasure. (Stas Yankovsky)

At thirty, a woman must choose between her butt and her face. (Coco Chanel)

At sixty, you begin to realize that your grandfather, who lived to be 80, died not so old. (W. Allen)

You will inevitably come to the conclusion that you should not forget about your age. (Helen Hayes)

In your youth you want to live more fun, in maturity - better, and in old age - longer. (E. Sevrus)

Even now I do not envy the strength of the young any more than I previously envied the strength of a bull or an elephant. (Cicero)

Childhood is the happiest years of life, but not for children. (Michael Moorcock)

Until the age of thirty, the wife warms him, after thirty, a glass of wine, and after that, the stove doesn’t even heat. (Russian last)

If you suddenly notice that thirty-year-olds are suspiciously polite to you, it means that you are older than you think. (Sylvia Cheese)

If you are still capable of disappointment, then you are still young. (Sarah Churchill)

If youth knew, if old age could. (Henri Etienne)

If youth knew, it could do it in old age. (Wanted author)

If your grandfather blew out all the candles on the cake on his eightieth birthday, it means that the apartment will not be vacated for a long time.

If a woman confesses her age to you, it means she has already left it. (Yanina Ipohorskaya)

There is an age that leaves no traces in memory. (LaBruere)

It is a pitiful old man who, during such a long life, could not learn to despise death. (Cicero)

A woman is young as long as she is loved. (G. Flaubert)

The woman is seven years younger than her friends claim, and five years older than the men give her. (Gina Lollobrigida)

The woman never stops talking about her age, but never mentions it. (Jules Renard)

Life is divided into three parts: when you believe in Santa Claus, when you don’t believe in Santa Claus, and when you are already Santa Claus yourself.
(Bob Phillips)

From youth to old age, take wisdom as a reserve, for there is no more reliable asset. (Biant)

Of the young people, those who blush are better than those who turn pale. (Cato the Elder)

Every woman has the age she deserves.
(Coco Chanel)

Each generation laughs at its fathers, laughs at its grandfathers and admires its great-grandfathers. (Somerset Maugham)

Each age has its own characteristics. (Cicero)

Each age has its own special inclinations, but the person always remains the same. At ten he is under the spell of sweets, at twenty he is under the spell of his beloved, at thirty he is under the spell of pleasure, at forty he is under the spell of ambition, at fifty he is under the spell of stupidity. (Jean Jacques Rousseau)

How small is the gap between the time when a person is still too young and when he is already too old. (Montesquieu)

When a woman turns thirty, the first thing she begins to forget is her age; and at forty he is already completely erased from her memory. (Ninon de Lenclos)

When I was fourteen, my father was so stupid that I could hardly stand him; but when I was twenty-one years old, I was amazed at how much this old man had grown wiser in the last seven years. (Mark Twain)

Cosmetics rejuvenate a woman, shaving a man. But the stairs give everyone away. (Pshekruj)

Unfortunately, you can only be a woman of indefinite age up to a certain age. (S. Altov)

He who has a lot of fun in his youth cries a lot in old age - at a broken trough. (Valentin Grudev)

It's better to be a young dung beetle than an old bird of paradise. (Mark Twain)
(Personally, Tetcorax would rather not be at all than be some kind of bug.)

Better to be old than dead. (Brigitte Bardot)

People don't move less as they get older. They age when they begin to move less. (Gustav-Adolf Schur)

People get older, but they don't become more mature. (Alphonse Daudet)

Am I not being blamed? This means that the years are no longer the same. (Gabriel Colette)

The world is ruled by the young when they grow old. (D.B. Shaw)

I'm 65, but if there were fifteen months in a year, I'd only be 49. (James Farber)

I don't like it when people talk about age differences. There is no age difference. (Arthur Tracy)
(That’s right, self-hypnosis is a great thing!)

You can live to be a hundred years old if you give up everything that makes it worth living to be a hundred years old. (Woody Allen)

You can be born old, just as you can die young. (Cocteau)

A young man is like wax. (D.I. Fonvizin)

Young is someone who has not yet lied. (Jules Renard)

Youth, which does not forgive itself anything, is forgiven everything; and old age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing. (D.B. Shaw)

Youth flies quickly: seize the passing time. The past day is always better than the present day. (Ovid)

Youth is the time to acquire wisdom, old age is the time to apply it. (Jean Jacques Rousseau)

Youth is given only once. Then you need to look for some other justification for nonsense. (Wanted author)

Youth is delusion, middle age is struggle, old age is regret. (B. Disraeli)

Youth is not a mistake, old age is not a merit. (German proverb)

Youth is a wonderful time when there is no profession, no rights, no money, only sexual orientation.

Youth is a time of missed opportunities. (Cyril Connolly)

Young eyes see sharper, old eyes see deeper. (Elizabeth I)

Young people talk about what they do; old people about what they did; and fools talk about what they would like to do. (Pierre Buast)

Young people suffer less from their own mistakes than from the prudence of old people. (Vauvenargues)

Young people don't know what they want, but they are determined to achieve it. (Federico Fellini)

Wisdom does not always come with age; It happens that age comes alone. (E. Mackenzie)

The man of the woman of Balzac's age is still very young. (Tetcorax)

Men get older, but they don't get better. (O. Wilde)

We enter different ages of our lives, like newborns, without any experience behind us, no matter how old we are. (La Rochefoucauld)
(Yes, training people has always been untimely and insufficient.)

We are as young as our hopes and as old as our fears.
(Vera Peiffer)

We do not count a person's years while he has something else to count. (Emerson)

We never grow up, we only learn how to behave in public. (Wanted author)

Don't count the years: seconds always count! (Evgeny Kashcheev)

Don't regret the years you've lived, regret the lost opportunities. (Tetcorax)

The youth of conscience does not know reproaches. (Shakespeare)

You can't trust a woman who doesn't hide her age. Such a woman will not hesitate to say anything. (O. Wilde)

There is no need to drag the mistakes of your youth with you into old age; Old age has its vices. (Goethe)

Unhappy is the fate of people! No sooner has the mind reached its maturity than the body begins to weaken. (Montesquieu)

There is nothing uglier than an old man who has no other proof of the benefit of his long life except his age. (Seneca)

No one is so old that he cannot live another year, no one is so young that he cannot die today. (Fernando Rojas)

Nothing ages a woman more than an overly rich suit.
(Coco Chanel)

Nothing ages a man more than living with the same woman. (Norman Douglas)
(This statement should not be taken as a call to action. This is humor and nothing more)

Nothing accelerates old age more than immoderate drinking, unbridled love and unbridled lust.
(Erasmus of Rotterdam)

The night brings peace to the old and hope to the young. (D.B. Shaw)

Oh, to be seventy years old again! (Georges Clemenceau)

The first symptom of aging is love of life. (Magdalena the Impostor)

Count your years in money - and you will see how little it is. (Magdalena the Impostor)

The sad thing is not that old age is approaching, but that youth is leaving. (A. Dumas)

Just as fruits ripen at different times, people mature at different ages. (Tetcorax)

Old age is the time when you are ready to take on things that youth does not undertake, precisely because these things require too much time. (Somerset Maugham)

As long as there is life, there is hope. (Cicero)

Teaching an old man how to treat a dead man. (Diogenes)
(An old man is as impervious to teaching as a dead man is to treatment. (Tetcorax)

Almost everything great is done by young people. (Disraeli)

I can safely liken almost every wrinkled face to a pear taken from a compote. (Kozma Prutkov)

Cessation of activity always leads to lethargy, and after lethargy comes decrepitude. (Apuley)

It is joyful to watch your children grow up, but it is sad to see how your women grow old, and it is very sad to feel that you yourself are getting old. (Tetcorax)

Tell me about a person's childhood, and I'll tell you the rest myself. (R. Kipling)

I owe my longevity to sports - I never did it. (W. Churchill)

With age, size loses importance. (Tetcorax)

We realize our advanced age only at the threshold of death. (Gabriel Colette)

Turning forty is the eternal milestone,
There was a tailwind, now it is a headwind. (Yusuf Balasaguni)

Forty is a terrible age because at this age we become what we are. (Charles Peguy)

Forty is the age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age. (Hugo)
(Sixty is the maturity of old age.)

Forty is the age when you finally feel young. But it's too late. (Picasso)

Middle age is when, out of two temptations, you choose the one that will allow you to return home before nine in the evening.
(Ronald Reagan)

Middle age is when you don’t care where your wife goes, as long as you don’t drag along with her. (The author did not identify himself)

Middle age is when work brings less and less pleasure, and pleasure requires more and more work.
(E. Wilson)

Middle age is when you are too young to retire and too old to get another job.
(Laurence Peter)

Try not to fall in love when you are old, because such love will make you funny in the eyes of people, or unhappy. (Unsur al Maali)

Growing old is boring, but it is the only known way to live long. (Saint-Beuve)

As you get older, you become wiser and crazier. (La Rochefoucauld)

Old people believe everything, mature people doubt everything, young people know everything. (O. Wilde)
(In fact, old people are precisely the most distrustful people. But only those of them who are already out of their minds believe everything)

Old people love to give good advice because they are no longer capable of setting bad examples. (La Rochefoucauld)

Old age extinguishes passions, stops activities, drowns out all aspirations and gives you up as a sacrifice to a terrible enemy, which is called peace, but whose real name is boredom. (Ernest Legouwe)

Old age begins the moment you start complaining about youth. (A. Tsitkin)

Old age begins when more money is spent on maintaining health than on its destruction. (Wanted author)

Old age does not protect from love, but love protects from old age. (Coco Chanel)

Old age is the most unexpected thing that awaits us in life.
(Leon Trotsky)

Old age is a time when the candles on a birthday cake cost more than the cake itself, and half the urine goes for testing.
(F. Ranevskaya)

Old age is when the future becomes the present.

Old age is a reward and punishment for everything. (A. Mezhirov)

Senile grumbling is an attempt to convey an experience that has expired. (Boris Krieger)

Old madmen are madder than young ones. (La Rochefoucauld)

Old and young, we all went on our last cruise.
(R. Stevenson)

From the point of view of youth, life is an endless future; from the point of view of old age - a very short past. (Schopenhauer)

The essence of old age is that you gain experience that cannot be used. (Stanislav Lem)

The thesis “Walk while you’re young” is wrong. Something needs to be left for old age. (Tetcorax)

Only a fool would celebrate the years of death's approach.
(D.B. Shaw)

Only a few geniuses manage to survive puberty. (Tetcorax)

Those who do not behave according to their age always pay for it. (Voltaire)

Three ages of a person: youth, middle age and “You look wonderful today!” (Cardinal Francis Spellman)

A woman always has three ages: apparent, real and ascribed to herself. (A. Carr)

Every person has three youths: youth of the body, youth of the heart and youth of the mind. Unfortunately, they never match. (Francois Fenelon)

The fate of extreme old age depends on how one’s youth was spent. (Stendhal)

Humanity, like an individual, has its own illnesses with each age. (Emerson)

There is nothing worse than growing old alone: ​​my wife has not celebrated her birthday for seven years now. (Robert Orben)

A person is not old until regret takes the place of dreams. (John Barrymore)

The older a person gets, the more he resists change, especially change for the better. (John Steinbeck)

The older you get, the fewer old people there are around. (Tetcorax)

The older I get, the less I care about who sleeps with whom. (Dorothy Sayers)

The older you are, the stronger the wind becomes; and he is always oncoming. (Jack Nicholson)

To regain my youth, I am ready to do anything - just not get up early, not do gymnastics and not be a useful member of society. (O. Wilde)

To stay young, you need to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age. (Lucille Ball)

Youth, to which everything is forgiven, forgives itself nothing; but old age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.
(D.B. Shaw)

Youth is a rising wave: behind the wind, ahead of the rocks. (W. Wordsworth)

I have seen men who have hardly changed in thirty years, but their wives have become old women. These were all virtuous women - and virtue wears out a person very much. (Mark Twain)

The poisonous remarks that old people make towards the young are an attempt by old age to get even with youth.
(George Halifax)

I noticed that the older I get, the more attentively they listen to me, although I say the same thing as before. (Peter Ustinov)