You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

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

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

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.

And both were young, and one was beautiful.

And both were young, and one was beautiful.

I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, read more

I care about our young people, and I wish them great success, because they are our Hope for the Future, and some day, when my generation retires, they will have to pay us trillions of dollars in social security

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable

Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable

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.

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.