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Don't waste your youth growing up.
Don't waste your youth growing up.
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy read more
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, read more
It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less 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.
A young Apollo, golden haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
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A young Apollo, golden haired,
Stands dreaming on the verge of strife,
Magnificently unprepared
For the long littleness of life.
Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death.
It dreams a rest, if not more deep,
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Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death.
It dreams a rest, if not more deep,
More grateful than this marble sleep;
It hears a voice within it tell:
Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well.
'Tis all perhaps which man acquires,
But 'tis not what our youth desires.
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.
Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.
Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.
