Lost youth

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Then be not coy, but use your time;
And while ye may, go marry
For having lost but once your prime,
You may forever tarry.

Robert Herrick

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Topic

Marriage Lost youth Youth

Author

Robert Herrick

Source

To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1648 1640s 17th century

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Original Citation

Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." Hesperides; or the Works both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. London: John Williams, 1648.

Current Citation

Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." The Cavalier Poets: An Anthology, edited by Thomas Crofts. Dover Publications, 1995.

Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.

Terry Pratchett

Moving Pictures

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Topic

Lost youth Youth vs. old age Old age

Author

Terry Pratchett

Source

Moving Pictures

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Pratchett, Terry. Moving Pictures. Victor Gollancz, 1990.

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

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Topic

Lost youth Youth Slovenliness

Speaker

Lord Henry "Harry" Wotton

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Medium

Novel Magazine

Statement Type

Misdirection

Language

English

Time

1890 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Picture of Dorian Gray." Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. Philadelphia, July 1890, ch. 12.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray, edited by Robert Mighall. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 19.

You'll never be young again.

The Graduate

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Topic

Lost youth Youth

Speaker

Mr. Robinson

Actor

Murray Hamilton

Source

The Graduate

Medium

Film

Genre

Comedy drama (film) Comedy drama

Language

English

Time

1967 1960s 20th century

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Citation

The Graduate. Directed by Mike Nichols, Lawrence Truman Productions, 1967.