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 Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
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Depends on which stage of youth one means. Not the years during which one is neither child nor adult, I presume.
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I think he is referring to the energy of the youth.
Little drops of water~Little grains of sand~Make the mighty ocean~And the pleasant land~So the little moments~Humble though they be~Make the mighty ages ~Of Eternity/by Julia Fletcher Carney
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what does he mean by what a crime is it to waste it on children?
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frasha4ever wrote:what does he mean by what a crime is it to waste it on children? Unjust=crime I think this is his humor. Maybe he was an older man and looking at a group of youngsters with all their energies. I can see older people looking with envy and making a joke.
Little drops of water~Little grains of sand~Make the mighty ocean~And the pleasant land~So the little moments~Humble though they be~Make the mighty ages ~Of Eternity/by Julia Fletcher Carney
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I agree with Christine, I think this quote is a bit tongue in cheek. I think he's saying the health and energy and vigor of youth is wasted on the young because they have not yet learned to appreciate it. And he's right. I think you never do appreciate it until you start losing it.
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I think the thing about youth is the word "can't". Until a child learns the meaning and application of this word, animals can talk, cows can jump over the moon, and Santa really comes down the chimney every year.
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What a crime to waste the youth. Not only with children like a young mother devotes: the young mother spends productive time with children. What a crime to waste the youth in activites with critic consecuences for every young person and society.
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Would you quote women, whom have been struggling against infertility, such as anovulation, the dictum?
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witchcraft's post gave me an interesting new perspective on this quote. Maybe he's saying to young adults—Youth is such a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it raising children.
I think that's an interesting take on his use of the word "on." It's less likely that this was his intention, but I do find some truth in this interpretation as well.
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