„Es geht nicht darum, das Leben um Jahre zu erweitern, sondern den Jahren Leben zu geben.“

Address at Princeton University, &quot;The Educated Citizen&quot;. 22. März 1954. auch in: What I think. New York und London 1956. S. 172 ff. (die Rede), S. 179 (das Zitat) <br class="br">Original engl.: &quot;To my way of thinking it is not the years in your life but the life in your years that count in the long run. You&#x27;ll have more fun, you&#x27;ll do more and you&#x27;ll get more, you&#x27;ll give more satisfaction the more you know, the more you have worked, and the more you have lived. For yours is a great adventure at a stirring time in the annals of men.&quot; - princeton.edu http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/mudd/online_ex/stevenson/adlai1954.html <br class="br">Variante: &quot;It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.&quot;

Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung, 3. Akt / Lord Illingworth
Original engl.: "There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life."
Eine Frau ohne Bedeutung - A Woman of No Importance

Haiku-Interpretation v. Nino Barbieri.
Original jap.: "月雪とのさばりけらし年の暮 - Tsuki yuki to // nosabari kerashi // toshi no kure."