Quotes About Youth

Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself.

Tolerance cannot seduce the young.

Cine sa te vindece de tine? O tînara fata? Dar cine-i darnic pîna la jertfa, ca sa-ti preia melancolia? Ce suflet pur, dornic de vis si nefericire, sa se-ncumete la o povara ce n-o presimte?

When we are young, we take a certain pleasure in our infirmities. They seem so new, so rich! With age, they no longer surprise us, we know them too well. Now, without anything unexpected in them, they do not deserve to be endured.

In numele si sub teroarea ei (plictiselii, n.m.) parasesc oamenii caminul si moartea agreabila legata de el si se avanta in lume, spre a muri undeva fara acoperis si fara lacrimi; adolescentii se gandesc la sinucideri in zile infinite de primavara, iar servitoarele fara amanti se lamenteaza duminicile, de parca inima lor e un cimitir in care mortii nu pot dormi.

Cu rare exceptii "cartile" mele n-au trecere decat la ratati,la decazuti,la dezmosteniti ai soartei (in special femei),la adolescenti,pe scurt la ceea ce este inform si neispravit.

Ieri, duminica 3 iunie, in trenul ce ma ducea de la Compiègne la Paris. In fata mea, o fat? (nouasprezece ani?) si un tanar. Incerc sa-mi reprim interesul pe care mi-l trezeste fata, farmecul ei, si, ca sa izbutesc, mi-o imaginez moart?, in stare de cadavru descompus, cu ochii, obrajii, nasul, buzele, totul in plina putrefactie. Niciun efect. Vraja pe care o degaja ma stapanea in continuare. Acesta e miracolul vieÈ›ii.

In my early youth - he would later write to his friend, the philosopher Constantin Noica- seduced me solely the libraries and the brothels.

Pentru un tân?r ambiÅ£ios, nu exist? nenorocire mai mare decât frecventarea unor buni cunosc?tori ai firii omeneÅŸti. Eu însumi am frecventat trei sau patru: la dou?zeci de ani, eram terminat.

Each generation lives in the absolute: it behaves as if it had reached the apex if not the end of history.

The only thing the young should be taught is that there is virtually nothing to be hoped for from life. One dreams of a Catalogue of Disappointments which would include all the disillusionments reserved for each and every one of us to be posted in the schools.

Celui qui, entre vingt et trente ans, ne souscrit pas au fanatisme, à la fureur, et à la démence est un imbécile. On n'est libéral que par fatigue, démocrate par raison. Le malheur est le fait des jeunes. Ce sont eux qui promeuvent les doctrines d'intolérance et les mettent en pratique ; ce sont eux qui ont besoin de sang, de cris, de tumulte, et de barbarie.

At twenty, those nights when for hours at a time I would stand, forehead pressed against the pane, staring into the dark. . . .

What dates most is rebellion - that is, the most vital of our reactions.

These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here

Quando assunse l'incarico di primo ministro in uno dei principali Stati europei, governato da oltre cinquant'anni con un regime parlamentare, Mussolini aveva 39 anni. Non solo era il più giovane primo ministro della storia d'Italia, ma era deputato appena da un anno e non aveva mai avuto altra esperienza di governo.

Era una bellissima fanciulla, di quindici o sedici anni, alta e flessibile come un giunco, dalla pelle pallidissima, quasi alabastrina, con la tinta che ricordava suo padre il Corsaro Nero; aveva due occhi grandi, d'un nero intenso, e lunghe ciglia che lasciavano cadere sul viso la loro ombra. I suo capelli, neri come l'ala di un corvo, li teneva sciolti sulle spalle, legati solamente presso la nuca da una piccola fila di perle.

I had a non-existent knowledge of Queen Victoria's early years. Like everyone else, I thought of her as an old lady dressed in black. My mom had told me about her, though, that she had a very loving relationship with Albert, that they had lots of kids, and that he died young.

I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.

I am the only being whose doom No tongue would ask no eye would mourn I never caused a thought of gloom A smile of joy since I was born In secret pleasure -- secret tears This changeful life has slipped away As friendless after eighteen years As lone as on my natal day.

Like so many other kids gone wrong from my time, place, and class, I thought it glamorous to be self-destructive. Unfortunately, I had also always known that this was a stupid and callow way to think.

Little Cousins, Called back.

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

The world seems growing young when grave old lawyers and mature philosophers propose a scheme promising so much. It is from these classes that young men suffer commonly the chilling demonstration that their fine plans are opposed to rooted obstacles, that they are repetitions of other plans which failed long ago, and that we must be content with the very moderate results of tried machinery.