youth青春samuelullman(中英文版).docxVIP

PAGE PAGE #/ 2 YOUTH Samuel Ullman Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, redlips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor ofthe emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. Youthmeansatemperamentalpredominanceofcourageovertimidityoftheappetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty morethan a body of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow oldby deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles