branche de la Sécurité sociale qui assure le versement des prestations en espèces (pensions) aux personnes retirées de la vie active du fait de leur âge.
Fonds de solidarité vieillesse (F.S.V.),
fonds budgétaire de l'État créé par la loi du 22 juillet 1993 et dont le rôle est notamment de prendre en charge les avantages d'assurance vieillesse à caractère non contributif relevant de la solidarité nationale (avantages non fondés sur une cotisation préalable). (Ce fonds s'est substitué au Fonds national de solidarité.)
Stade de vieillesse,
dernière phase de l'évolution du relief dans la conception davisienne.
Citations avec vieillesse
Théodore Agrippa d'Aubigné (près de Pons, Saintonge, 1552-Genève 1630) Voici moins de plaisirs, mais voici moins de peines : Le rossignol se taist, se taisent les Syrènes : Nous ne voyons cueillir ni les fruits ni les fleurs : L'espérance n'est plus bien souvent tromperesse, L'hiver jouit de tout, bien heureuse vieillesse, La saison de l'usage, et non plus des labeurs. L'Hiver
Marcel Aymé (Joigny 1902-Paris 1967) Les vieilles choses, il faut les laisser pour les rats. Le Chemin des écoliers, Gallimard
François René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (Saint-Malo 1768-Paris 1848) La vieillesse est une voyageuse de nuit : la terre lui est cachée ; elle ne découvre plus que le ciel. Vie de Rancé
Guillaume Amfrye, abbé de Chaulieu (Fontenay, Vexin normand, 1639-Paris 1720) Pour mon arrière saison, Je ne vois et n'envisage, Que le malheur d'être sage. Sur la goutte
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, 1873-Paris 1954) Je vis sur le fonds de frivolité qui vient au secours des existences longues. L'Étoile Vesper, Le Milieu du Monde
Pierre Corneille (Rouen 1606-Paris 1684) Ô rage ! ô désespoir ! ô vieillesse ennemie ! Le Cid, I, 4, Don Diègue
Henri Estienne (Paris 1528-Lyon 1598) Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait. Les Prémices
Rose Étiennette Gérard, dite Rosemonde Gérard (Paris 1871-Paris 1953) Lorsque tu seras vieux et que je serai vieille, Lorsque mes cheveux blonds seront des cheveux blancs. Les Pipeaux, Fasquelle
André Gide (Paris 1869-Paris 1951) Quand je cesserai de m'indigner, j'aurai commencé ma vieillesse. Nouveaux Prétextes, Mercure de France
Victor Hugo (Besançon 1802-Paris 1885) Nous avons tous les deux au front une couronne Où nul ne doit lever de regards insolents, Vous, de fleurs de lys d'or, et moi, de cheveux blancs. Le Roi s'amuse, I, 5, M. de Saint-Vallier
Victor Hugo (Besançon 1802-Paris 1885) Nous sommes tous les deux voisins du ciel, Madame, Puisque vous êtes belle, et puisque je suis vieux. Toute la lyre, À Mme Judith Gautier
Joseph Joubert (Montignac, Corrèze, 1754-Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 1824) La vieillesse n'ôte à l'homme d'esprit que des qualités inutiles à la sagesse. Pensées
Marcel Jouhandeau (Guéret 1888-Rueil-Malmaison 1979) Un jour vient où vous manque une seule chose et ce n'est pas l'objet de votre désir, c'est le désir. Réflexions sur la vieillesse et la mort, Grasset
Jean de La Bruyère (Paris 1645-Versailles 1696) L'on craint la vieillesse que l'on n'est pas sûr de pouvoir atteindre. Les Caractères, De l'homme
Jean de La Fontaine (Château-Thierry 1621-Paris 1695) La jeunesse se flatte, et croit tout obtenir ; La vieillesse est impitoyable. Fables, le Vieux Chat et la Jeune Souris
Marguerite d'Angoulême (Angoulême 1492-Odos, Bigorre, 1549) reine de Navarre C'est la gloire des vieilles gens qui cuydent* toujours avoir été plus sages que ceux qui viennent après eux. L'Heptaméron *pensent
François Maynard (Toulouse 1582-Aurillac 1646) Académie française, 1634 Et j'ai fidèlement aimé ta belle tête Sous des cheveux châtains et sous des cheveux gris. Stances, la Belle Vieille
François Maynard (Toulouse 1582-Aurillac 1646) Académie française, 1634 On ne voit point tomber ni tes lys ni tes roses, Et l'hiver de ta vie est ton second printemps. Stances, la Belle Vieille
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (Le Bignon, aujourd'hui Le Bignon-Mirabeau, Loiret, 1749-Paris 1791) Je deviens trop vieux pour user mon reste de forces à des guerres. Lettre au major de Mauvillon
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1533-château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1592) Je hais cet accidentel repentir que l'âge apporte. Essais, III, 2
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1533-château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1592) Il ne se voit point d'âmes, ou fort rares, qui en vieillissant ne sentent l'aigre et le moisi. Essais, III, 2
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1533-château de Montaigne, aujourd'hui commune de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, Dordogne, 1592) La vieillesse nous attache plus de rides en l'esprit qu'au visage. Essais, III, 2
Henry Millon de Montherlant (Paris 1895-Paris 1972) Académie française, 1960 Quand on vieillit, les colères deviennent des tristesses. La Reine morte, III, 5, Ferrante , Gallimard
Ovide en latin Publius Ovidius Naso (Sulmona, Abruzzes, 43 avant J.-C.-Tomes, aujourd'hui Constanţa, Roumanie, 17 ou 18 après J.-C.) Ô temps rongeur, et toi, envieuse vieillesse, vous détruisez tout ! Les Métamorphoses, XV, 234 Tempus edax rerum, tuque, invidiosa vetustas, Omnia destruitis !
Commentaire V. Hugo, Notre-Dame de Paris (III, 1) : « Tempus edax, homo edacior ».
Marcel Proust (Paris 1871-Paris 1922) […] Il en est de la vieillesse comme de la mort. Quelques-uns les affrontent avec indifférence, non pas parce qu'ils ont plus de courage que les autres, mais parce qu'ils ont moins d'imagination. À la recherche du temps perdu, le Temps retrouvé , Gallimard
Pierre de Ronsard (château de la Possonnière, Couture-sur-Loir, 1524-prieuré de Saint-Cosme-en-l'Isle, près de Tours, 1585) Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir à la chandelle, Assise auprès du feu, dévidant et filant, Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous émerveillant : Ronsard me célébrait du temps que j'étais belle. Sonnets pour Hélène
Jean Rostand (Paris 1894-Ville-d'Avray 1977) Académie française, 1959 On n'est pas vieux tant que l'on cherche. Carnet d'un biologiste, Stock
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Genève 1712-Ermenonville, 1778) Les peuples ainsi que les hommes ne sont dociles que dans leur jeunesse, ils deviennent incorrigibles en vieillissant. Du contrat social
William Shakespeare (Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, 1564-Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, 1616) Je ne te connais pas, vieil homme. Mets-toi à tes prières ! Que les cheveux blancs siéent mal à un fou et à un bouffon ! I know thee not, old man : fall to thy prayers ; How ill white hairs become a fool and jester ! Henry IV, seconde partie V, 5, le roi
Sophocle (Colone, près d'Athènes, entre 496 et 494 avant J.-C.-Athènes 406 avant J.-C.) […] la vieillesse exécrable, l'impuissante, l'insociable, l'inamicale vieillesse, en qui viennent se rejoindre tous les maux, les pires maux. Œdipe à Colone, 1236-1238 (traduction Mazon)
Henri Beyle, dit Stendhal (Grenoble 1783-Paris 1842) La vieillesse n'est autre chose que la privation de folie, l'absence d'illusion et de passion. Lucien Leuwen
Jonathan Swift (Dublin 1667-Dublin 1745) Tout le monde désire vivre longtemps, mais personne ne voudrait être vieux. Every man desires to live long : but no man would be old. Thoughts on Various Subjects
Dylan Marlais Thomas (Swansea 1914-New York 1953) La vieillesse devrait brûler et se déchaîner à la tombée du jour ; Rager, rager contre la lumière qui meurt. Poésies complètes Old age should burn and rave at close of day ; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Collected Poems
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (Aix-en-Provence 1715-Paris 1747) Les conseils de la vieillesse éclairent sans échauffer, comme le soleil de l'hiver. Réflexions et Maximes
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