
“Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.”
Act V, scene i.
All Fools (1605)
Source: The Book Thief
“Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.”
Act V, scene i.
All Fools (1605)
The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks (1949)
remark made in 1971, cited in Roger Lewis, Anthony Burgess (2002), p. 152
General
Source: Letters, p. 250
Source: As quoted in "A girl no longer, but . . . De Carlo's a beauty still" (1975)