"Too bad that youth is wasted on the young."
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"It’s not the good that die young, it’s the lucky."
"In German, a young lady has no sex, but a turnip has"
"When I was young, it was an exciting time to be in New York."
"Young men mend not their sight by using old men's spectacles."
"Usually speaking, the worst-bred person in company is a young traveller just returned from abroad."
"I am young, but I have been through a lot."
"I am young and beautiful... at every age."
"for whenever men are right they are not young"
"For {she} had adopted the standard of the young: what there was in the moment was everything. And moments followed one another without necessarily belonging to one another."
"I do not expect old heads on young shoulders."
"All I can say is [kids] have turned out to be terrific young women. We were concerned mostly about whether they'd develop an attitude, right?"
"The sort of seeing cruelty and callousness of that sort from young people is heartbreaking."
"To young people: you have to stay encouraged."
"I wasn't a stranger to hard times. I used to read the Bible - well, I still do, but when I was young I read the Bible quite a bit."
"I was very sexual from a very young age."
"I am a young guy, but I have a winning mentality."
"All I know is that young boys sleep late and hard."
"Time will cure you, but now is your grief still young."
"I didn't get where I am today by being timid, young man."