Noun
old people pl (plural only)
(Australia) Aboriginal people of earlier generations, or living in a traditional manner, as regarded by their descendants as repositories of traditional knowledge. [from 20th c.]
The young people think the old people are fools -- but the old people know the young people are fools. Agatha Christie
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. Pearl S. Buck
I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories. George Carlin
The old people are treasures to us. Japanese Proverb
Old people are everyone's treasures. Japanese Proverb
Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was. English Proverb