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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.
Samuel Butler
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"The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it."
— Samuel Butler

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The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it. — Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler was a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1835–1902).

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This quote is attributed to Samuel Butler, a Poet from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Samuel Butler lived from 1835 – 1902.