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The young do not know enough to be prudent and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it generation after generation.

The young do not know enough to be prudent and therefore they attempt the impossible-and achieve it generation after generation.

Approximate author period: c. 1932 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Pearl S. Buck
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1932 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1892 to 1973; Wikidata Q80900, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80900 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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