In youth, what disappointments of our own making: in age, what disappointments from the nature of things.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Young people often create their own disappointments, while older ones face inevitable ones.
- In plain terms
- Youth mistakes cause pain; age brings unavoidable pain.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that some disappointments are part of life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Which disappointments are self-made?
- How do I handle life's limits?
Another view
It oversimplifies how age affects our experiences.
More from Edward Young
The blood will follow where the knife is driven, The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear.
Permalink to quote #5 The man that makes a character makes foes.
Permalink to quote #7 Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom revenge is virtue.
Permalink to quote #4
Related quotes
'Quemad viejos lenos, leed viejos libros, bebed viejos vinos, tened viejos amigos.'
Alfonso X of CastileAlfonso X of Castile quote #7 Travel is a caprice in childhood, a passion in youth, a necessity in manhood, and an elegy in old age.
Jose RizalJose Rizal quote #29 Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.
Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh quote #63