Somewhat Expendable Youth

At opera, ballet, and orchestral performances, the audience consists mostly of the decrepit, a huge joke on the stirrings of artistic passions. Some attempt to explain this by saying the elderly have time and spare money, but so does youth, only they spend it on drinking and empty diversions.

The decrepit are foolish for waiting so long to pursue what is best. Youth is worse because they do not even aspire to know it.