A quotation from Henri Estienne
If youth knew; if age could.
[O si jeunesse scavoit,
O si vieillesse pouvoit.]
Henri Estienne (1528 or 1531-1598) French printer and classical scholar [a.k.a. Henricus Stephanus]
Les Prémices, ou Le I livre Des Proverbes epigrammatizez [The First Fruits, or the First Book of Epigrammatized Proverbs], ch. 4, ep. 4 (1594)
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Estienne, Henri - Les Prémices, ou Le I livre Des Proverbes epigrammatizez [The First Fruits, or the First Book of Epigrammatized Proverbs], ch. 4, ep. 4 (1594) | WIST Quotations
If youth knew; if age could. [O si jeunesse scavoit, O si vieillesse pouvoit.] Variants: If youth only knew; if only age could. If youth knew; if age could. If only youth knew; if only age could.Dave (WIST Quotations)