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Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
And both were young, and one was beautiful.
And both were young, and one was beautiful.
People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up read more
People grow old only by deserting their ideals, Macarthur had written. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope as old as your despair. In the central place of every heart there is a recording chamber. So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away.
Do not commit the error common among the young, of assuming that if you cannot save the whole of mankind read more
Do not commit the error common among the young, of assuming that if you cannot save the whole of mankind you have failed.
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.
A young Apollo, golden haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
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A young Apollo, golden haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
For the long littleness of life.
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the read more
They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them.
I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies
To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies
