At the age of thirty, or thereabouts, this young Nobleman had not only had every experience that life has to offer, but had seen the worthlessness of them all. (Virginia Woolf)

At the age of thirty, or thereabouts, this young Nobleman had not only had every experience that life has to offer, but had seen the worthlessness of them all.

Virginia Woolf

Related topics

age experience offer seen thirty young worthlessness

Related quotes

We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains. View quote
Ursula K. Le Guin
My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature. View quote
Hans Hofmann
Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life. View quote
Woodrow Wilson
Bring home a wife to your house when you are of the right age, while you are not far short of thirty years nor much above; this is the right age for marriage. View quote
Hesiod
The purpose of life...is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. View quote
Eleanor Roosevelt