"Youth is one long intoxication; it is reason in a fever."
— La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de (1613-1680)
Date
1665
Metaphor
"Youth is one long intoxication; it is reason in a fever."
Metaphor in Context
271. Youth is one long intoxication; it is reason in a fever.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
La Rochefoucauld. Maxims. Trans Leonard Tancock (London: Penguin, 1959).
Date of Entry
03/05/2006
