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Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
Joseph Addison1672–1719Cato, A Tragedy (1713), Act II, scene v
- Age
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Louisa May Alcott1832–1888Little Women (1868–1869), Part Second, Chapter XXVIIn context
- Genius
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
Aristotle384–322 BC
Young people, who are still uncertain of their identity, often try on a succession of masks in the hope of finding the one which suits them — the one, in fact, which is not a mask.
W. H. Auden1907–1973Forewords and Afterwords (1973)
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.
Jane Austen1775–1817Persuasion (1817), Chapter IVIn context
- Age
All over Harlem, Negro boys and girls are growing into stunted maturity, trying desperately to find a place to stand; and the wonder is not that so many are ruined but that so many survive.
James Baldwin1924–1987“The Harlem Ghetto” originally in Commentary (February 1948)
- Race
The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.
Lucille Ball1911–1989
I am not young enough to know everything.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Often credited to Oscar Wilde
I’m youth, I’m joy, I’m a little bird that has broken out of the egg.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1904), Act V
- Happiness
All children, except one, grow up.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 1In context
- Children
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
‘I don’t want ever to be a man,’ he said with passion. ‘I want always to be a little boy and to have fun. So I ran away to Kensington Gardens and lived a long long time among the fairies.
J. M. Barrie1860–1937Peter Pan (1911), Chapter IIIIn context
- Children
Society cares about the individual only in so far as he is profitable. The young know this. Their anxiety as they enter in upon social life matches the anguish of the old as they are excluded from it.
Simone de Beauvoir1908–1986Conclusion, p. 543
- Age
Our youth we can have but to-day,
We may always find time to grow old.
George Berkeley1685–1753Can Love be controlled by Advice?, reported in Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Age
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them
The Bible (King James Version)Ecclesiastes 12:1 (KJV)In context
- Age
- God