Young Men

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

    “There is grey in your hair.
    Young men no longer suddenly catch their breath
    When you are passing;
    But maybe some old gaffer mutters a blessing
    Because it was your prayer
    Recovered him upon the bed of death.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “None think the great unhappy, but the great.”
    —Edward Young (1683–1765)

    “Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)