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> [Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize so suavely and so mendaciously about the golden hours of youth-that period of life when every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-brittain/why-i-wonder-do-people-who-at-one-time-or-another-have-all-been-young/)

[Vera Brittain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-brittain/)

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> [Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/some-authorities-hold-that-the-young-ought-not-to-lie-at-all-that-of/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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