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In your youth, be diligent and industrious in learning, / For later, dear youth, this will be of great use. / Make good use of your time, or you will regret it too late, / For the beautiful time of youth passes so quickly
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In your youth, be diligent and industrious in learning, / For later, dear youth, this will be of great use. / Make good use of your time, or you will regret it too late, / For the beautiful time of youth passes so quickly

Lutkie & Cranenburg · 1848 - 1881 · letterpress printing; houtsnede; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with 16 depictions of objects, animals and figures. Under each depiction a two-line verse. Numbered at the top center: no. 12.

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Credit lineWilt in uw jongen tijd, toch lustig, ijvrig leeren, / Want later lieve jeugd komt dit zoo schoon te pas. / Benuttig uwen tijd, te laat zoudt ge u beklagen, / Want o de schoone tijd der jeugd vervliegt. 1848 - 1881. Lutkie & Cranenburg. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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