Youth flies away and never comes back.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ronsard notes that youth is fleeting and cannot be regained.
- In plain terms
- Youth passes quickly and is lost forever.
- What can you take from it?
- Time is a resource you cannot get back.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does age bring value youth lacks?
- How do we accept loss?
Another view
Youth is not the only valuable time of life.
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