The old / like children / talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own! -Eugene O'neill

 

The old / like children / talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!


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This quote is just one of 9 total Eugene O'neill quotes in our collection. Eugene O'neill is known for saying 'The old / like children / talk to themselves, for they have reached that hopeless wisdom of experience which knows that though one were to cry it in the streets to multitudes, or whisper it in the kiss to one's beloved, the only ears that can ever hear one's secrets are one's own!' as well as some of the following quotes.

When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.

Eugene O'neill

There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again, now.

Eugene O'neill

When men make gods, there is no God.

Eugene O'neill

Happiness hates the timid! So does science!

Eugene O'neill

Life is a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

Eugene O'neill