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Youth Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.
- Age looks with anger on the temerity of youth, and youth with contempt on the scrupulosity of age.
- He that compares what he has done with what he has left undone, will feel the effect which must always follow the comparison of imagination…
- Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the…
- In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but…
- I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In the next place,…
- Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining…
- Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of youth.
More Youth Quotes
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- What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and… — Honore de Balzac
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood
- The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. — Richard Bach
- The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in… — Joseph Addison