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Vladimir LeninGive me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.

—  Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader

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Victor HugoForty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

—  Victor Hugo, 1802-1885, French writer

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Salvador DaliThe only problem with the youth of today is that we are no longer part of it.

—  Salvador Dali, 1904-1989, Spanish painter

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Lord ChesterfieldYoung men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

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Lord ChesterfieldThe young leading the young, is like the blind leading the blind: they will both fall into the ditch.

—  Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer

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Hermann HesseYouth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

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Alice Roosevelt LongworthI ‘ve always believed in the adage that the secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

—  Alice Roosevelt Longworth, 1884-1980, daughter of Theodore Roosevelt

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James BarrieI’m not young enough to know everything.

—  James Barrie, 1860-1937, English writer

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George Bernard ShawYouth is wasted on the young.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Mignon McLaughlinHow strange that the young should always think the world is against them when in fact that is the only time it is for them.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Fyodor DostoyevskyIt was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader.

—  Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1821-1881, Russian writer

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Timothy LearyYou're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

—  Timothy Leary, 1920-1996, American psychologist

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Franklin RooseveltWe cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

—  Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1945, American President [1936-1945]

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Dave BarryYou can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

—  Dave Barry, 1947-, American journalist

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Pablo PicassoYouth has no age.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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Jean DutourdNo one understands the word “youth” before his thirties.

—  Jean Dutourd, 1920-2011, French writer

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Pablo PicassoIt takes a long time to become young.

—  Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter

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George Bernard ShawYouth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Georges ClemenceauMy son is 22 years old. If he had not become a Communist at 22, I would have disowned him. If he is still a Communist at 30, I will do it then.

—  Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929, French Prime Minister

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Karl LagerfeldYouthfulness is about how you live, not when you were born.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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ErasmusThe main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth.

—  Erasmus, 1469-1536, Dutch humanist

Franz KafkaYouth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

—  Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, Bohemian writer

Marie von Ebner-EschenbachYou stay young as long as you can learn, acquire new habits, and suffer contradictions.

—  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims

Rainer Maria RilkeYoung people, who are beginners in everything, cannot yet know love: they have to learn it.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

Rudyard KiplingAt twenty, the things for which one does not care a damn should, properly, be many.

—  Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907

Robert LowellIf youth is a defect, it is one we outgrow too soon.

—  Robert Lowell, 1917-1977, American poet

André MalrauxYouth attracts demagogues like honey attracts flies.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

André MalrauxBetween 18 and 20, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but with actions. Most men buy nothing.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

William Hazlitt No young man believes he shall ever die.

—  William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic

ChanakyaThe greatest power in the world is the youth and beauty of women.

—  Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher

Robert Louis StevensonYouth is wholly experimental.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

Henry de MontherlantYouth: time of failures.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

SophoclesWar loves to seek its victims in the young.

—  Sophocles, 496-406 BC, Ancient tragic poet

Erica JongArt keeps one young, I think, because it keeps one perpetually a beginner, perpetually a child.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Erica JongThe Greeks – who knew everything – knew that immortality without youth was to be feared rather than desired.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Hermann HesseYoung people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Arthur KoestlerAdolescence is a kind of emotional seasickness. Both are funny, but only in retrospect.

—  Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer

Henry MillerIt was only in my forties that I started feeling young.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

P.J. O’ RourkeIf you are young and you drink a great deal it will spoil your health, slow your mind, make you fat – in other words, turn you into an adult.

—  P.J. O’ Rourke, 1947-2022, American columnist & writer

Milan KunderaYoung is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer

Milan KunderaI was not a hypocrite, with one real face and several false ones. I had several faces because I was young and didn't know who I was or wanted to be.

—  Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer




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