Young Men

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

“It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.”
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881)

“There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)

“These men ask for just the same thing—fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)