#young man

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect. ↗

— James Payn

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Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man. ↗

— Shimon Peres

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A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain that she has his. ↗

— George Dennison Prentice

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Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these are perilous paths for a young man, and these lead him constantly into danger. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Affliction is not sent in vain, young man, from that good God, who chastens whom he loves. ↗

— Robert Southey

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I wrote as a very angry young man, believing he was going to be killed in a world war. ↗

— John Edward Christopher Hill

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Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

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Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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I believe implicitly that every young man in the world is fascinated with either sharks or dinosaurs. ↗

— Peter Benchley

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