No, there's not a lot to envy about the old days. But something has been lost. -Ronald Blythe

 

No, there's not a lot to envy about the old days. But something has been lost.


Comments

There are not yet any comments on this quote. Why not register / login and be the first?



This quote is just one of 6 total Ronald Blythe quotes in our collection. Ronald Blythe is known for saying 'No, there's not a lot to envy about the old days. But something has been lost.' as well as some of the following quotes.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

Ronald Blythe
261

He longed to be lost but he couldn't bear not to be found.

Ronald Blythe
158
To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude . . . the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary. -Ronald Blythe
131

As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.

Ronald Blythe
116

No, there's not a lot to envy about the old days. But something has been lost.

Ronald Blythe
94
Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness. -Ronald Blythe
84