"Pretend to be dumb, that’s the only way to reach old age." ― Friedrich Durrenmatt Topic(s): Age More From Friedrich Durrenmatt "The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint." "World history is tragic." "When death has you by the throat, you don’t mince words." More In Age "A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age."― Robert Frost "Revenge is the naked idol of the worship of a semi-barbarous age."― Percy Bysshe Shelley "I smoke ten to fifteen cigars a day. At my age I have to hold on to something."― George Burns