Youth

Youth

Youth is generally the time of life between childhood and adulthood (maturity). Definitions of the specific age range that constitutes youth vary. An individual's actual maturity may not correspond to their chronological age, as immature individuals can exist at all ages. Youth is also defined as "the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one who is young". Youth is a term used for people of both genders, male and female, of young age. Generally under the age of 21 (common legal age).

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Famous quotes containing the word youth:

    Can delight
    Chained in night
    The virgins of youth and morning bear?
    William Blake (1757–1827)

    Advice you take from me comes to you crutched
    Like a beggar youth zealous for old age.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.
    James Madison (1751–1836)