“To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.”
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Leo Tolstoy 456
Russian writer 1828–1910Related quotes

“The young are not afraid of telling the truth.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl

“Sometimes it’s difficult in politics to actually tell the truth.”
As quoted in Kapil Sibal Waxes Poetic http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/01/21/kapil-sibal-waxes-poetic/, Wall Street Journal (21 January 2012)

As quoted in interview with Golwg 360, Welsh language online magazine.

“Speeches easy to young speakers are generally very difficult to old listeners.”
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 56
The Journal News (2007) http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:zcK-Qu47mLwJ:www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D2007701220356+%22linda+cooper%22+biography+yorktown&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us

On Ho Chi Minh. as quoted in Martin Niemöller, 1892-1984 (1984) by James Bentley, p. 225
Acceptance Speech for the Margaret Edwards Award (1998)

“A lot of young people think they're invincible, but the truth is young people are knuckleheads.”
During appearance on "Tonight Show" (21 February 2014) http://washingtonexaminer.com/michelle-obama-young-people-are-knuckleheads/article/2544377
2010s