"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom." ― H. L. Mencken Topic(s): Age Tags: older More From H. L. Mencken "What men value in this world is not rights but privileges." "Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies." "Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage." More In Age "Every man over forty is a scoundrel."― George Bernard Shaw "The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow."― William Osler "Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."― Don Marquis