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Proverb

We grow old too soon and smart too late.

Submitter comment:

Informant was told this by his father in the year 1929.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Pierson, Elwood

Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Old ; PROVERB ; TIME ; VERSE ; WISDOM ; Wise ; Young

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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