"The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or perchance a palace or temple on earth, and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a wood-shed with them."
2006-09-04 08:45:01 · 12 answers · asked by Hollywood™ 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
quite obvious.... an innocent man shoots for the impossible, a wise man thinks it thru....
2006-09-04 14:07:35 · answer #1 · answered by VeRDuGo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a guess: youth are idealistic and open-minded, so they may think about lofty and impossible feats. The middle-aged person is experienced, practical, and - to some extent - jaded. He'll build a woodshed, because it's practical and attainable.
Another twist may be symbolism. As a child, being taken "behind the woodshed" meant that you were going to be spanked, whipped, or otherwise punished. Perhaps the elder uses the woodshed as an analogy for bringing youth back down to earth with punishment for foolishness.
2006-09-04 08:53:11 · answer #2 · answered by alchemist0750 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-17 07:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The youth has the the belief that they can do so much, but the middle age folk have become disallusioned with the challanges of life, and give up the dream and stay with the practicle. My advice.. don't give up your dreams, but as Throeau says, build your dream castles in the sky, but then build your build foundations under them.
2006-09-04 08:54:17 · answer #4 · answered by eljayco 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When young we have grand illusions and dreams. We strive for the unattainable and unrealistic. As we get older we realize what is practical or maybe even become a bit defeated.
2006-09-04 08:52:59 · answer #5 · answered by Bubbles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to me, the sentence means this. When we are young, we imagine doing many things, creating in us and for us something wonderful. When we get older, all those things we used to nuture our imagination, our creativity, has now been redefined, by school, by life, but its been redenfined so that when we go to build, we build something practical. Not something fancy or imaginery, but something we can use each day, since we've forgotten how to dream.
2006-09-04 09:04:11 · answer #6 · answered by cinquefoil_solis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this quote means you think you have the power to do all of those things when you are young as you get older, your desires weaken, and you become more apt, to choose something easier, knowing that it is impossible. those are only dreams.
2006-09-04 08:55:56 · answer #7 · answered by a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that when we are young our dreams are never ending and we feel we can achieve anything but the reality of it is when we become older we understand the value of things and what our limitations are.
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When we are young we want what is unachievable and dangerous and in our maturity we want what is needed.
2006-09-04 11:02:45 · answer #8 · answered by slipper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We start out with great ideas, but, as we age, realize we need to be more practical.
2006-09-04 08:50:51 · answer #9 · answered by applebetty34 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when we are kids we think we can do anything. then we become adults and realize we don't have enough money!
2006-09-04 08:48:10 · answer #10 · answered by iteach2change 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋