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No man knows he is young while he is young.
No man knows he is young while he is young.
Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show;
We may our ends by our beginnings know.
Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show;
We may our ends by our beginnings know.
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.
Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death.
It dreams a rest, if not more deep,
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Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death.
It dreams a rest, if not more deep,
More grateful than this marble sleep;
It hears a voice within it tell:
Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well.
'Tis all perhaps which man acquires,
But 'tis not what our youth desires.
Young people need models, not critics
Young people need models, not critics
The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I
no longer belong to it.
The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I
no longer belong to it.
It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.
It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.