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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.]

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On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.

On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.

by Häfiz Found in: Youth Quotes,
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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.

by Sir John Denham Found in: Youth Quotes,
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Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!

Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less read more

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

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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.

by Samuel Ullman Found in: Youth Quotes,
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Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

by George Bernard Shaw Found in: Youth Quotes,
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In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling read more

In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling that he possesses the heart of a woman may be enough to make him fall in love with her.

by Marcel Proust Found in: Youth Quotes,
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Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and
flourishing in an immortal youth.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and
flourishing in an immortal youth.

by Isaac Barrow Found in: Youth Quotes,
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