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“When young, we trust ourselves too much, and we trust others too little when old. Rashness is the error of youth, timid caution of age. Manhood is the isthmus between the two extremes; the ripe and fertile season of action, when alone we can hope to find the head to contrive, united with the hand to execute.”

Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“in the United States ... given the cult of eternal youth, age is ignored unless it can be sentimentalized.”

States Age Given United United States Youth Eternal Ignored Cult Eternal Youth

Book:Saturday's Child: A Memoir

Source: Saturday's Child: A Memoir

“In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this country. That is why it's so powerful in many ways, and so creative.”

Way Giving Country States Facts Energy United Powerful United States Creative Youth

Book:Conversations with Isabel Allende

Source: Conversations with Isabel Allende

“Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming girl in the world.”

World Reason Girl Literature Inspiring United Youth Attraction Charming Uncommon Happy Girl Steadiness Diffidence

Book:Northanger abbey

Source: Northanger abbey

“Superficial observers have long criticized the United States for making a fetish of youth. This is unfair. Uniquely among modern organs of public and private administration, its national legislature rewards senility.”

Long States United United States Modern Youth Rewards Administration Organs Unfair Superficial Observers Legislature Fetish Senility

Author:John Kenneth Galbraith