Quotes About Youth

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint a second time.

You're a fine fastidious young man, as proud as a lion, as gentle as a girl. You'd make a good catch for the devil.

If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.

Young man,' Porbus said, seeing Poussin stare open-mouthed at a picture, 'Don't look at the canvas too long, it will drive you to despair.

If you have any mind to keep my respect, I recommend you not to add imbecility to these qualities by imagining that such a girl as I am will be content with your asthmatic love, and not look for youth and good looks and pleasure by way of a variety—

I had youth, beauty, two advantages conferred by chance, and of which we are as proud as if they were hard-won.

Quand les enfants commencent à voir, ils sourient; quand une jeune fille entrevoit le sentiment dans la nature, elle sourit comme elle souriait enfant. Si la lumière est le premier amour de la vie, l'amour n'est-il pas la lumière du cœur?

El error de los hombres superiores es gastar los años de su juventud en hacerse dignos de la estimación de los demás.

The Oratorian boarding school in Vendôme, which Balzac was sent to at a young age. It was a gruelling and miserable place to live, with severe monastic rules.

Basta a un joven encontrar una mujer que no le ama o que le quiere demasiado para que su vida quede desordenada. La felicidad engulle nuestras fuerzas como el infortunio mata nuestras virtudes.

Where some one else's welfare is concerned, a young girl becomes as ingenious as a thief. Guileless where she herself is in question, and full of foresight for me,--she is like a heavenly angel forgiving the strange incomprehensible sins of earth.

todos os membros de sua numerosa família, por mais moços que fossem, acabaram, como ele dizia graciosamente ao seu senhor, por se colocar como um bicho-da-seda sobre as folhas do orçamento.

Ak mladík v diev?ati prebudí lásku a potom odíde, je to ako ke? umelec opustí v polovici majstrovské dielo.

Gençler ho?görüden yoksundur, çünkü ne ya?am konusunda bir ?ey bilirler ne de onun güçlükleri konusunda.

Mademoiselle de Fontaine had an ideal standard which was to be the model. A young man who at the first glance did not fulfil the requisite conditions did not even get a second look.

Les jeunes gens, qui ne savaient à quoi employer leurs forces, ne les jetaient pas seulement dans le journalisme, dans les conspirations, dans la littérature et dans l'art, ils les dissipaient dans les plus étranges excès, tant

Çocuklu?umu, delikanl?l???m? anlatt?m ona; size anlatt???m gibi uzaktan hüküm vererek de?il, yaralar? hala kanayan genç adam?n ate?li sözleriyle... ... Bir ara sessiz geçti. Bu sessizlikte ruhlar?m?z ?u avutucu dü?ünce içinde birbiriyle evlendiler: Demek ki ac? çeken bir ben de?ilmi?im!

Good sense from a child was not necessarily contemptible beside foolishness from a grown-up.

I am a member of a fragile species, still new to the earth, the youngest creatures of any scale, here only a few moments as evolutionary time is measured, a juvenile species, a child of a species… in real danger at the moment of leaving behind only a thin layer of our fossils, radioactive at that.

We go into rural communities, and all we do — like has been done in this room [at TED] — is create the space. When these girls sit … you unlock great leaders.

why do we waste ourselves at twenty scrambling for positions just so we can work for someone else?

I felt sad because everyday I had to wake up early to practice before going to school. After school I had to go back to tennis again, and then after tennis I had homework. I didn't have time to play.

I thought, well of course, Kinsey absolutely adored teaching. He was a wonderful teacher. So these kids really inspired me. So that was a clue I hung onto. He loved young people, he absolutely loved them. And he loved teaching them and trying to help them.

Todo joven comete errores -dijo Makoto-. Es nuestro destino tener que convivir con las consecuecias.