Young Men

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

    “You have both said well,
    And on the cause and question now in hand
    Have glozed, but superficially—not much
    Unlike young men whom Aristotle thought
    Unfit to hear moral philosophy.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “If you see my Pompey, 30 yrs of age,
    new breeches, plain stockings, negro shoes;
    if you see my Anna, likely young mulatto
    branded E on the right cheek, R on the left,
    catch them if you can and notify subscriber.”
    —Robert Earl Hayden (1913–1980)

    “Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)