Glossary entry (derived from question below)
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
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Jul 12, 2009 09:01
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Dutch term
wie niet dartelt heeft een korte jeugd
Dutch to English
Other
Philosophy
erasmus
translation of a phrase from De Lof der Zotheid
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | Folly is the only thing that keeps youth at a stay and old age afar off |
Max Nuijens
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| 3 | one who does not play has a short childhood |
Richard L. Weiss
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Max Nuijens
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
Netherlands
Energy & Environment, MSc
Native in: Dutch (Variant: Netherlands) 
Works in: English to Dutch, Russian to Dutch
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Folly is the only thing that keeps youth at a stay and old age afar off
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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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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Note added at 10 hrs (2009-07-12 19:41:44 GMT)
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Richard L. Weiss
United States
United States
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one who does not play has a short childhood
It's not a very poetic rendering, but that is what it looks like it says, prosaically.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-07-12 16:32:31 GMT)
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or rather, "a short youth." grows old quickly?
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Note added at 7 hrs (2009-07-12 16:32:31 GMT)
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or rather, "a short youth." grows old quickly?
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