“ Boys and young men are violent in their affections, but they are seldom very constant; it is not till they get older that they really know the kind of friend they want ”
Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh (1903). copy citation
| Author | Samuel Butler |
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| Source | The Way of All Flesh |
| Topic | affection |
| Date | 1903 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2084/2084-h/2084-h.htm |
Context
“she liked their coming, so that she might make a new acquaintance, and she liked tearing them to pieces and flinging the bits over Ernest as soon as she had had enough of them.
The worst of it was that she had so often proved to be right. Boys and young men are violent in their affections, but they are seldom very constant; it is not till they get older that they really know the kind of friend they want; in their earlier essays young men are simply learning to judge character. Ernest had been no exception to the general rule. His swans had one after the other proved to be more or less geese even in his own estimation, and he was beginning almost to think that his mother was a better judge of character than he was;”
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