What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Things that seem perfect to youth often turn out to be fragile or false with age.
- In plain terms
- Young people think things are perfect but older people realize they were temporary.
- What can you take from it?
- Expect your views on beauty and truth to change as you grow older.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What did you believe young that you now question?
- How has your view of beauty changed?
Another view
Some truths become clearer rather than fading with age.
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