Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
There's an old saying, this too shall pass, and change is good.
The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.
When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar our progress. We cannot take more than one step at a time.
I may be getting old, but not foolish.
The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.
Old people love to give good advice; it compensates them for their inability to set a bad example.
As we approach each of the great social challenges of our time we must acknowledge that old thinking will not provide the new solutions we need. These solutions will be uncomfortable, hard to sell and risky to execute. But the cost of not doing so is even greater.
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.