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When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
The Bible (King James Version)1 Corinthians 13:11 (KJV)In context
- Maturity
Zeal, n. A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced. A passion that goeth before a sprawl.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
- Comedy
Youth, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer.
Ambrose Bierce1842–1914The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
Kindness and intelligence are the preoccupations of age. Being cruel and thoughtless is far more fascinating when you’re twenty.
Ray Bradbury1920–2012Dandelion Wine (1957), p. 147
- Age
I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free; and laughing at injuries, not maddening under them!
Emily Brontë1818–1848Wuthering Heights (1847), Chapter XIIIn context
- Freedom
There is an old age which has more youth of heart than youth itself!
Edward Bulwer-Lytton1803–1873Alice, or The Mysteries (1838), Book V, Chapter I
- Age
In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As “fail”.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton1803–1873Richelieu (1839)
- Failure
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
Oh, my childhood, days of my innocence! In this nursery I used to sleep; I used to look out from here into the orchard. Happiness used to wake with me every morning, and then it was just as it is now; nothing has changed.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904The Cherry Orchard (1904), Act One, spoken by LubovIn context
- Happiness
My dear, my gentle, beautiful orchard! My life, my youth, my happiness, good-bye! Good-bye!
Anton Chekhov1860–1904The Cherry Orchard (1904), Act Four, spoken by LubovIn context
- Happiness
Your tears come easy, when you’re young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you’re old, and leaving it.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Moonstone (1868), First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848), Chapter XIXIn context
- Age
- Emotion
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love — and to put its trust in life!!
Joseph Conrad1857–1924Victory: An Island Tale, part IV, Ch. 14
- Hope
- Love
When irony first makes itself known in a young man’s life, it can be like his first experience of getting drunk; he has met with a powerful thing which he does not know how to handle.
Robertson Davies1913–1995The Cunning Man (1994), Part 2, section 6.
We must be very careful when we give advice to younger people: sometimes they follow it!
EDEdsger W. Dijkstra1930–2002The Humble Programmer (1972)
- Advice
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