wie niet dartelt heeft een korte jeugd

English translation: Folly is the only thing that keeps youth at a stay and old age afar off

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Dutch term or phrase:wie niet dartelt heeft een korte jeugd
English translation:Folly is the only thing that keeps youth at a stay and old age afar off

09:01 Jul 12, 2009
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Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Philosophy / erasmus
Dutch term or phrase: wie niet dartelt heeft een korte jeugd
translation of a phrase from De Lof der Zotheid
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Folly is the only thing that keeps youth at a stay and old age afar off
Explanation:
This is the only sentence I can find in the translation suggested by Writeaway that seems to match the proverb:

And to this purpose is that no small testimony of the proverb,
that says, "Folly is the only thing that keeps youth at a stay and old
age afar off;" as it is verified in the Brabanders, of whom there goes
this common saying, "That age, which is wont to render other men wiser, makes them the greater fools."
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/8efly10.txt


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Summary of answers provided
3one who does not play has a short childhood
Richard L. Weiss
3Folly is the only thing that keeps youth at a stay and old age afar off
Max Nuijens


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one who does not play has a short childhood


Explanation:
It's not a very poetic rendering, but that is what it looks like it says, prosaically.

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or rather, "a short youth." grows old quickly?

Richard L. Weiss
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Folly is the only thing that keeps youth at a stay and old age afar off


Explanation:
This is the only sentence I can find in the translation suggested by Writeaway that seems to match the proverb:

And to this purpose is that no small testimony of the proverb,
that says, "Folly is the only thing that keeps youth at a stay and old
age afar off;" as it is verified in the Brabanders, of whom there goes
this common saying, "That age, which is wont to render other men wiser, makes them the greater fools."
http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext05/8efly10.txt


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