Young Men

Famous quotes containing the words young men, young and/or men:

    “young men, tossing on their beds,
    Rhymed out in love’s despair
    To flatter beauty’s ignorant ear.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “There was a young fellow called Lancelot
    Whom his neighbors all looked on askance a lot.
    Whenever he’d pass
    A presentable lass,
    The front of his pants would advance a lot.”
    —Anonymous.

    “There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a Democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the “money touch,” but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.”
    —Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)