"If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon."

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"If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon."

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"If youth knew; if age could."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

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"There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen."

Willa Cather, American Author

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"Old age and the passage of time teach all things."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"A whole bunch of months passed and I didn't hear anything and then he emailed and asked if I could do a little piece on POD and Queens of the Stone Age."

Chuck Klosterman, American Critic

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"Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"Not even old age knows how to love death."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"No lie ever reaches old age."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"At college age, you can tell who is best at taking tests and going to school, but you can't tell who the best people are. That worries the hell out of me."

Barnaby C. Keeney, American Educator

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"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system."

Quentin Crewe, British Journalist

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"Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return."

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"Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not."

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"Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace."

Peace

"Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it."

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"Fate loves the fearless."

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"Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty."

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"Whatever you may be sure of be sure of this - that you are dreadfully like other people."

Conformity

"All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action."

Action

"The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman."

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"In general those who nothing have to say Contrive to spend the longest time in doing it."

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