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All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by.
-- Conrad Aiken
American Writer, Poet
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The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
-- Aristotle
BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher
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They [Young People] have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things -- and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning -- all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything -- they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else.
-- Aristotle
BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher
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I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own.
-- Margaret Atwood
1939-, Canadian Novelist, Poet, Critic
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Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
-- Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
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Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
-- Natalie Clifford Barney
1876-1972, American-born French Author
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I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
-- Sir James M. Barrie
1860-1937, British Playwright
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Except for an occasional heart attack I feel as young as I ever did.
-- Horace Benchley
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