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The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.
The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.
Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!
Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!
Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father.
Youth today must be strong, unafraid, and a better taxpayer than its father.
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 the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of read more
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.
The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is read more
The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence
Young people need models, not critics...
Young people need models, not critics...
A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.
When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always read more
When the newspapers have got nothing else to talk about, they cut loose on the young. The young are always news. If they are up to something, that's news. If they aren't, that's news too.
