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You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.
You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.
It takes a long time to become young.
It takes a long time to become young.
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
 I was between
 A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy,
  A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen.  
 I was between
 A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy,
  A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen. 
 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. 
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.
 The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then 
dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.
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 The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then 
dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.
 [Lat., Prima commendiato proficiscitur a modestia tum pietate in 
parentes, tum in suos benevolentia.] 
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy read more
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.