If youth knew; if age could.

Si jeunesse savait; si vieillesse pouvait.

Henri Estienne

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Topic

Youth vs. old age Youth Old age

Author

Henri Estienne

Source

Les Premices

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

French

Time

1594 1590s 16th century

Occupation

Scholar

From

France Europe

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Estienne, Henri. Les Premices. 1594, bk. 4, epigram 4.

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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying.

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Living in the moment Youth Passage of time Time

Author

Robert Herrick
Source
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
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Language
English
Time
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Citation

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This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons hitherto brought forward in explanation of this fact has seemed adequate.

Simone de Beauvoir

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Patriarchy

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Source
The Second Sex
Genre
Historical literature Feminist literature
Language
French
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxieme Sexe [The Second Sex]. Gallimard, 1950, vol. 1, pt. 2, ch. 1.

Current Citation

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Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.

Charles Dickens

All the Year Round

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Topic
Curiosity Questions

Author

Charles Dickens
Source
Great Expectations All the Year Round
Medium
Novel
Genre
Coming of age story
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Great Expectations." All the Year Round. London: Chapman and Hall, 1 Dec. 1860, issue 1, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Penguin Classics, 2002, ch. 2.