Character Quote by I. F. Stone

When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you…

— Casey Stengel

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

— George Farquhar

There's that bubble of childhood that makes you innocently do anything. Then, when you get older, that pops, and you're aware of limitations and…

— Pete Docter

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

— Anthony Powell

If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

— I. F. Stone

Harry, I owe you an explanation, An explanation of an old man's mistakes. For I see now that what I have done, and not…

— Albus Dumbledore

There is the expectation that a younger generation has the opportunity to redeem the crimes and failings of their elders and would have the…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“When you are older, you'll understand for yourself the influence of age on convictions.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

For I see now that what I have done, and not done, with regard to you, bears all the hallmarks of the failings of…

— Albus Dumbledore

You not ashamed of youth crime to be old to you, | it's all sin before you think

— Mak_786

I think, as you get older, you reflect at the silliness of your youth and the stupidity of some of the decisions that were…

— Steve Lukather

“Blaming others when you were young for your past may be accurate, but as an adult you are responsible for your future.”

— Marie Guillaume