It is
good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
[Lamentations 3:27]
-- Bible
Sacred Scriptures of
Christians and Judaism
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk
in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of
thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things
God will bring thee into judgment. [Ecclesiastes
11:9]
-- Bible
Sacred Scriptures of
Christians and Judaism
When I
was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I
could hardly stand to have the old man around. But
when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how
much the old man had learned in seven years.
-- Josh Billings
1815-1885, American
Humorist, Lecturer
Time
misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one
ever has.
-- Anita Brookner
1938-, British
Novelist, Art Historian