Quote: If you want something very, very badly, let it go free (1972 edition question)

[Garson O'Toole]

Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> The other that sticks in my mind (also subsequently famous)
> is "Age and treachery will always defeat youth and skill."

Bill Mullins wrote:
> For some reason I associate this with P. J. O'Rourke

O'Rourke wrote a book published in 1996 (mentioned by 1995) with a
title that plays on the phrase:

Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut
 By P. J. O'Rourke

http://books.google.com/books?id=Q04KsqoDrNcC&

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