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“If two men who were friends in their youth meet again when they are old, after being separated for a life-time, the chief feeling they will have at the sight of each other will be one of complete disappointment at life as a whole; because their thoughts will be carried back to that earlier time when life seemed so fair as it lay spread out before them in the rosy light of dawn, promised so much — and then performed so little.”

Ifs Men Littles Two Whole Feelings Light Youth Fairs Sight Lays Disappointment Spread Chiefs Dawn Life Time Rosy

Book:Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer

Source: Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer

“Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone, That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.”

Feels Heart Play Youth Scene Weakness Deserve Stones Sight Praise Touching

Book:Poems: by William Cowper, ... In two volumes. ...

Source: Poems: by William Cowper, ... In two volumes. ...

“A Christian's wit is offensive light, A beam that aids, but never grieves the sight; Vig'rous in age as in the flush of youth, 'Tis always active on the side of truth.”

Light Age Christian Sides Youth Sight Active Aids Wit Grieving Offensive Beam

Author:William Cowper

“it is a mistake to talk of the twilight of age, or the blurred sight of old people. The long day grows clearer at its close, and the petty fogs of prejudice which rose between us and our fellows in youth melt away as the sun goes down. At last we see God's creatures as they are.”

People Long Age Lasts Grows Mistake Sun Youth Creatures Sight Prejudice Fellows Rose Old Age Twilight Fog Old People Petty Long Day

Book:Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography

Source: Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography

“There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.”

Inspirational Happiness Success Young Fun Sadness Youth Optimism Sight Misery Pessimism Optimist Pessimist Optimism In Life Optimism And Pessimism Optimists And Pessimists

Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

“Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason.”

Ifs Should Heart Reason Beautiful Faces Romance Girl Women Laughing Sacrifice Youth Ambition Beats Sight Silent Dear Tragic Sober Sweetest Parts Of Life Faded Sour Gowns Little Women Spinsters

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“And even if these scenes from our youth were given back to us we would hardly know what to do. The tender, secret influence that passed from them into us could not rise again. We might be amongst them and move in them; we might remember and love them and be stirred by the sight of them. But it would be like gazing at the photograph of a dead comrade; those are his features, it is his face, and the days we spent together take on a mournful life in the memory; but the man himself it is not.”

Ifs Knows Men Might Would Be Together Remember Faces Moving Given Memories Secret Influence Youth Scene And Love Sight Photograph Features Comrade Gazing

Author:Erich Maria Remarque