Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Quote of the Day
“Crabbed Age and Youth,” Virginibus Puerisque and Later Essays, p. 67 (1969) ^ | between 1874–1879 | Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–94)

Posted on 09/24/2003 9:51:38 PM PDT by Optimist

QUOTATION: To hold the same views at forty as we held
at twenty is to have been stupefied for a score of
years, and take rank, not as a prophet, but as an
unteachable brat, well birched and none the wiser.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: age; maturity; youth

1 posted on 09/24/2003 9:51:39 PM PDT by Optimist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Optimist
I wish I owned a car with a longer bumper.

That's a great quote. Thanks.

2 posted on 09/24/2003 9:58:07 PM PDT by jigsaw (Liberals: nature’s proof that maturity is not guaranteed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Optimist
Har. I have grown and expanded a lot in the last 45 years. For a 20 year old I was experienced --too experienced -- and quite advanced. I barely recognize myself today.
3 posted on 09/24/2003 10:07:55 PM PDT by RLK
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RLK
how many 60's liberals have failed to mature after 2-score years, let alone just 20
4 posted on 09/24/2003 10:19:42 PM PDT by Optimist (I think I'm beginning to see a pattern here.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Optimist
Some people have the capability to grow, and do so. Others do not. Hillare Clinton is stll saying the same things and thinking the same way as she did as a jackass in collrge years ago. Bill Clinton will never change. The mental thing is not there. Our German Shepherd had more refined levels of entrospection than the Clintons. That's just the way it is.
5 posted on 09/24/2003 10:41:47 PM PDT by RLK
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson