Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.”
- Source
- Reginald
- Date
- 1904
- Local voice
- Fictional character · Reginald
Meaning of “The young have aspirations that never come to…”
Reginald turns youth and old age into a comic contrast between unrealized hopes and memories reshaped by hindsight.
Where does it come from?
Reginald, represented by Project Gutenberg #2830. Reginald says this during a social conversation; it is satirical fictional dialogue from Saki’s recurring character, not a measured claim about age or memory.
Why the local voice matters
Reginald. Reginald voices the epigram during a social conversation; the sentence is satirical character dialogue rather than Saki autobiography.