"A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations." ― Ezra Pound Topic(s): Age More From Ezra Pound "I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It’s listed as part of the poetic training, you know." "It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his art, or the artist part of him, than in him. After which let them take tea together three times a week." "The real trouble with war (modern war) is that it gives no one a chance to kill the right people." More In Age "Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.’ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."― Ronald Reagan "This is my 20th year in the sport. I’ve known swimming and that’s it. I don’t want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I’ll be 31. I’m looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence."― Michael Phelps "Age is not important unless you’re a cheese."― Helen Hayes