What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?

Quote by Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Youth Quotes

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite...

Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite...

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get...

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...

Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving,...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old men need applause too

Old men need applause too

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

Obscenity is whatever happens to shock some elderly and ignorant magistrate.

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you...

Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you...

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with...

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with...

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book

Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the...