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"It is good to have a failure while you're young because it teaches you so much. For one thing it makes you aware that such a thing can happen to anybody, and once you've lived through the worst, you're never quite as vulnerable afterward."
"Marriage made people old and familiar, while still young."
"I'm happy, and I think being happy keeps you looking young."
"My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how to talk anymore if we ever did"
"When I was very young, at the beginning my business was to work more than the others to show them their pointlessness."
"I believe that all of us ought to retire relatively young."
"It is pointless for a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young."
"Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them."
"Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another."
"Part of being young is making mistakes."
"America is a young country with an old mentality."
"It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old."
"She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging Young Woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her -- she was only an Object of Contempt"
"This one's for Alaska Young!"
"You shall above all things be glad and young."
"I do it because I still get a kick out of it. I still love performing. It keeps me young."
"What do you think? Young women of rank eat - you will never guess what - garlick!"
"Young heads take example of the ancient"
"Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young."
"With young people, there's often that carelessness, allowing yourself to get into danger - recklessness, I suppose."
