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You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both.

You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both.

William Shakespeare

Grief, Men, Age

'King Lear' (1605-6) act 2, sc. 4, l. [275]

We make ourselves fools to disport ourselves And spend our flatteries to drink those men Upon whose age we void it up again With poisonous spite and envy.

William Shakespeare

Men, Envy, Age

William Shakespeare (1812). “The Works of William Shakespeare”, p.22

As you are old and reverend, you should be wise.

William Shakespeare

Wise, Wisdom, Age

William Shakespeare (1813). “The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes”, p.369

But say, my lord, it were not regist'red, Methinks the truth should live from age to age, As 'twere retailed to all posterity, Even to the general all-ending day.

William Shakespeare

Truth, Age, Red

William Shakespeare, William James Craig, Robert Hope Case (1907). “The Works of Shakespeare ....: Richard III, ed. by A.H. Thompson”

I begin to find an idle and fond bondage in the oppression of aged tyranny, who sways, not as it hath power, but as it is suffered.

William Shakespeare

Power, Age, Politics

William Shakespeare, Jay L. Halio (1992). “The Tragedy of King Lear”, p.114, Cambridge University Press

I would with such perfection govern, sir, T'excel the golden age.

William Shakespeare

Government, Perfection, Age

William Shakespeare (1868). “The Tempest”, p.25

Thou hast nor youth nor age But as it were an after dinner sleep Dreaming of both.

William Shakespeare

Dream, Sleep, Age

'Measure for Measure' (1604) act 3, sc. 1, l. 32

Tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age, Conferring them on younger strengths, while we Unburdened crawl toward death.

William Shakespeare

Retirement, Age, Care

William Shakespeare (1996). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare”, p.885, Wordsworth Editions

O sir, you are old; nature in you stands on the very verge of her confine; you should be ruled and led by some discretion, that discerns your fate better than you yourself.

William Shakespeare

Fate, Age, Should

Retire me to my Milan, where Every third thought shall be my grave.

William Shakespeare

Age, Mortality, Graves

William Shakespeare, Ernest Fleischer, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed (1830). “... The plays and poems of William Shakespeare: accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies, left by the late Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, and Edmond Malone ...”, p.18