A green sapling grows from a weathered brass watering can, with exposed roots and blue paper drops hanging below.

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Youth

Samuel Ullman

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The sentence relocates youth from a period of life to a way of thinking. That distinction suggests that age alone does not determine the quality being praised. Its compact contrast invites a reader to consider youth as an outlook rather than simply a date.

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