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Alas! the slippery nature of tender youth.
[Lat., Teneris, heu, lubrica moribus aetas!]
Alas! the slippery nature of tender youth.
[Lat., Teneris, heu, lubrica moribus aetas!]
Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
Young men soon give and soon forget affronts;
Old age is slow in both.
You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.
You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.
Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!
Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!
It takes a long time to become young.
It takes a long time to become young.
Her years
Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs;
But there are forms which Time to touch read more
Her years
Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs;
But there are forms which Time to touch forbears.
And turns aside his scythe to vulgar things.
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
There is a fountain of youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring in your life and read more
There is a fountain of youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring in your life and the lives of people you love
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,
so I am no 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.
