youth is wasted on the young
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Often attributed to George Bernard Shaw.
Phrase[edit]
- The young fail to appreciate or make good use of what they experience.
- 1983, Lawrence Bush, Bessie, Seaview/Putnam, →ISBN, page 56:
- Maybe someday the old and the young will live together and work together. But like they say, youth is wasted on the young, and I would also say that wisdom is wasted on the old.
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