Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

After a certain age we should not look at each other except in dim light. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 389

What we discover as we age is not the vanity of everything, but of almost everything. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 313

There are no more old people, only decrepit youths. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 242

Whoever fights against the process of aging merely ages without ever maturing. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 198

Modern society is proceeding simultaneously to become inhospitable to the old and to multiply their number by prolonging their lives. Escoli...

Whoever does not get a head start on his old age does not prolong his youth, but corrupts even his memories. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: ...

As those things which age does not ennoble are as rare as men whom age does ennoble, the modern world destroys old things and prolongs man’s...

The distance between young and old is the same today as it has always been. Today people speak of the generation “gap” because today’s adul...

In vain does the old man adopt the opinions of a young man to make others doubt his old age. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 1...

The imbecile does not discover the radical misery of our condition except when he is sick, poor, or old. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Sele...

To age with dignity is the task of every moment. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 62

To attribute to old age the dregs accumulated throughout life is the consolation of the old. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 4...

Aging is a catastrophe of the body which our cowardice turns into a catastrophe of the soul. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 4...