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How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stol’n on his wing my three-and-twentieth year!
John Milton1608–1674On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three (1631)
- Time
- Youth
A grown woman should not have to masquerade as a girl in order to remain in the land of the living.
Germaine Greerborn 1939The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause (1991), Introduction
- Women
To look upon you was to rejoice that so fair a thing could be; to think of you is still to be young.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937The Little Minister (1891), Ch. 1: The Love-Light
- Beauty
- Youth
Wise men never grow up; indeed, they grow younger, for they lose the appalling worldly wisdom of youth.
John Buchan1875–1940A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906), Ch. XI, pp. 313–4
- Wisdom
Although it is generally known, I think it’s about time to announce that I was born at a very early age.
Groucho Marx1890–1977From his autobiography Groucho and Me (1959)
- Comedy
A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.
Washington Irving1783–1859Rip Van Winkle (1819), The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820), “Rip Van Winkle”In context
- Talking
The years between thirty-five and sixty-five revolve before the passive mind as one unexplained, confusing merry-go-round.
F. Scott Fitzgerald1896–1940Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), “O Russet Witch!”
To the youngsters of today, I say believe in the future, the world is getting better; there still is plenty of opportunity.
Walt Disney1901–1966The Quotable Walt Disney (2001)
- Hope
- Youth
The old, you must remember, though considered incapable of action, have nevertheless a good fund of experience on which to draw.
Agatha Christie1890–1976Third Girl (1966)
- Experience
I’ll say one thing about an oil boom; it will teach a kid that Life’s a pretty rotten thing as quick as anything I can think of.
Robert E. Howard1906–1936From a letter to Farnsworth Wright (c. Summer 1931)
- Life & Death
- Youth
The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball — the further I am rolled the more I gain.
Susan B. Anthony1820–1906The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony: Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many from Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years, Volume 2 (1 January 1898) by Ida Husted Harper, published by Bowen-Merrill Company
If I could offer one piece of advice to young people thinking about their future, it would be this: Don’t preconceive. Find out what the opportunities are.
Thomas Sowellborn 1930Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)
- Advice
- Youth
One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.
James Joyce1882–1941Dubliners (1914), “The Dead”In context
- Life & Death
If anything is a surprise then there is not much difference between older and younger because the only thing that does make anybody older is that they cannot be surprised.
Gertrude Stein1874–1946Everybody’s Autobiography (1937), Ch. 2
When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord.
Willa Cather1873–1947The Song of the Lark (1915), Part VI, Ch. 2
- Youth