Logo
The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a si

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age. – John Jay Chapman

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Age
category

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Category:
Age

I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person. – Jarvis Cocker

Category:
Age

I think you have to be a little bit strict. You cant be friend and their parent in a lot of situations, especially in this day and age where its so dangerous for kids. So theres a bit of sternness, I guess, in the way I raise my kids. – Tim McGraw

Category:
Age

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a womans birthday but never remembers her age. – Robert Frost

Category:
Age

Random Quotes

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered. – Lee H. Hamilton

Category:
Failure

And gradually theyre beginning to recognize the fact that theres nothing more secure than a democratic, accountable, and participatory form of government. But its sunk in only theoretically, it has not yet sunk in completely in practical terms. – Wole Soyinka

Category:
Government

I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasnt that spectacular. – Amy Winehouse

Category:
Poetry

Most of the musicians that I know almost to the man everybody uses Apple computers. Theyve thought of the steps that youre going to think of when youre trying to create your thing. And thats where the tools get invented to make better art. – Mike Shinoda

Category:
Computers