Quote Origin: Old Age Isn’t So Bad When You Consider the Alternative

Maurice Chevalier? Olin Miller? Harry Oliver? Louis Calhern? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: The following piece of humorous proverbial wisdom has been attributed to the film star Maurice Chevalier. Here are four versions of the joke: (1) Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative.(2) Growing old isn’t so terrible — when you …