“Life is short and tedious, and is wholly spent in wishing; we trust to find rest and enjoyment at some future time, often at an age when our best blessings, youth and health, have already left us. When at last I that time has arrived, it surprises us in the midst of fresh desires; we have got no farther when we are attacked by a fever which kills us; if we had been cured, it would only have been to give us more time for other desires.” IfsLifeGivingHas BeensAgeLastsLife IsDesireLeftWishYouthBlessingSurpriseEnjoymentMidstMore TimeLife Is ShortFeverTediousFuture Time Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Women of forty always fancy they have found the Fountain of Youth, and that they remain young in the midst of the ruins of their day.” YoungFoundWomenYouthRuinsFancyFortyMidstFountainFountain Of Youth Author:Arsene Houssaye
“... if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst, she would undoubtedly bid us to break her and bullyher, as well as honour and love her, for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured.” IfsWellsArtFictionBreakAliveImagineYouthStandingCriticismAnd LoveMidstHonourSovereigntyAssuredLiterary Criticism Book:Selected essays Source: Selected essays
“We begin to die from the moment we are born, for birth is the cause of death. The nature of decay is inherent in youth, the nature of sickness is inherent in health, in the midst of life we are verily in death.” MomentsDiesCausesBornYouthBirthSicknessMidstDecayInherent Author:Gautama Buddha
“The Lord has told me that the last generation before His final coming will consist of His choicest children since the creation of the earth. But you will face a world filled with much pain and evil. Men...will gain great power over God's children. Youth such as yourselves will have a great responsibility to build up a pure and undefiled people in the midst of all this pain.” PeopleMenWorldChildrenEarthPainLastsFacesEvilResponsibilityLordGenerationsCreationYouthPureGainsFilledFinalsMidstGreat PowerEvil ManGreat Responsibility Author:Chris Heimerdinger