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“The youth who follows his appetites too soon seizes the cup, before it has received its best ingredients, and by anticipating his pleasures, robs the remaining parts of life of their share, so that his eagerness only produces manhood of imbecility and an age of pain.”

Age Pain Pleasure Share Youth Produce Cups Ingredients Appetite Manhood Parts Of Life Eagerness Imbecility

Book:A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

Source: A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

“The secret of life is to let every segment of it produce its own yield at its own pace. Every period has something new to teach us. The harvest of youth is achievement; the harvest of middle-age is perspective; the harvest of age is wisdom; the harvest of life is serenity.”

“The strength of opening manhood is never so well employed as in practicing subserviency to God's revealed will; it lends a grace and a beauty to religion, and produces an abundant harvest.”

Wells Grace Youth Produce Opening Harvest Manhood Employed

Author:Richard Mant

“In its youth a people produce mythology and poetry; in its decadence, philosophy and logic.”

People Philosophy Youth Produce Logic Mythology Decadence

Book:Story of Philosophy

Source: Story of Philosophy

“Rhythm and melody enter into the soul of the well-instructed youth and produce there a certain mental harmony hardly obtainable in any other way. . . . thus music, too, is concerned with the principles of love in their application to harmony and rhythm.”

Way Wells Soul Certain Principles Youth Produce Concerned Harmony Rhythm Melody Application

Author:Plato

“We will not make inroads into the gun-violence problem until we acknowledge the underlying causes of youth behavior today, compared to yesterday. ... we must come to the realization that laws and regulations alone cannot produce a civilized society. It's morality that is society's first line of defense against uncivilized behavior.”

“Youth should be radical. Youth should demand change in the world. Youth should not accept the old order if the world is to move on. But the old orders should not be moved easily - certainly not at the mere whim or behest of youth. There must be clash and if youth hasn't enough force or fervor to produce the clash the world grows stale and stagnant and sour in decay.”

Ifs World Should Enough Moving Order Force Grows Accepting Youth Produce Demand Moved Mere Radical Decay Clash Whim Sour Stale Stagnant Fervor

Author:William Allen White

“I didn't know Kurt Cobain or Amy Winehouse, but I was affected by both of their deaths because I admired their work so much and mourned their youth and work they would never produce.”

Knows Youth Produce Affected Amy Cobain

Author:Patti Smith