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YOUTH must be served
1829 P. EGAN Boxiana 2nd Ser. II. 60 Tom Cannon made his appearance in the Prize Ring rather too late in life, under the idea that ‘Youth must be served’. 1900 A. CONAN DOYLE Green Flag 125 There were..points in his favour. ..There was age— twenty-three against forty. There was an old ring proverb that ‘Youth will be served’. 1941 G. HEYER Envious Casca iv. You’re just an old curmudgeon, and you’re upset because you didn’t like young Roydon’s play. .. But, my dear chap, youth must be served! 2001 Washington Times 19 Aug. B1 And why wouldn’t your clone, poor thing, have just as much claim to your constituent organs, if not more? (Youth will be served.) ■ opportunity; youth
If YOUTH knew, if age could
Cf. H. ESTIENNE Les Premices (1594) 173 O si la ievnesse scavoit, O si la vieillesse povvoit; often quoted in its modern French form si jeunesse savait; si vieillesse pouvait.
1611 R. COTGRAVE Diet. French & English s.v. jeunesse If youth knew what to doe, and age could doe what it knowes, no man would ever be poore. 1922 J. JOYCE Ulysses 30 I know, I know. If youth but knew. But what does Shakespeare say? 2002 Times 9 July 19 The old adage, ‘If youth knew, if age but could’, has been replaced by a scenario in which youth doesn’t know, but age still can. *old age; youth
Yule see a GREEN Yule makes a fat churchyard.
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