Herman Melville Quotes About Youth
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Youth is the time when hearts are large, And stirring wars Appeal to the spirit which appeals in turn To the blade it draws.
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Old age is always wakeful; as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.
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If there be any thing a man might well pray against, that thing is the responsive gratification of some of the devoutest prayers of his youth.
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Youth is the time when hearts are large.
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All round and round does the world lie as in a sharp-shooter's ambush, to pick off the beautiful illusions of youth, by the pitiless cracking rifles of the realities of age.
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Did all the lets and bars appear To every just or larger end, Whence should come the trust and cheer? Youth must its ignorant impulse lend-- Age finds place in the rear. All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, The champions and enthusiasts of the state
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Stay true to the dreams of thy youth.
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I am a man who, from his youth upwards, has been filled with a profound conviction that the easiest way of life is the best.
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Youth is immortal; Tis the elderly only grow old!
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