Famous quotes containing the word young:
“Every young man is prone to be misled by the suggestions of his own ill-founded ambition which he mistakes for the promptings of a secret genius, and thence dreams of unrivaled greatness.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“... I have what no young man can have
Because he loves too much.
Words I have that can pierce the heart,
But what can he do but touch?
Day-break and a candle end.
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—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“The young pines springing up in the corn-fields from year to year are to me a refreshing fact.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)