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“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.” -Socrates

• acheron 9y ago
  Nope. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/01/misbehaving-children-in-ancient-times/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/01/misbehaving-childre... I would say this is an example of Abraham Lincoln's famous observation "you shouldn't trust quotes on the Internet", but that one predates the Internet, so you probably shouldn't trust quotes in newspapers either.
  • skate22 9y ago
    I dont think the author of that comment expected people to take that one literally. I interpretted it as how the op felt older generations view younger generations.
  • msla 9y ago
    The fact is, some older people have always been prejudiced towards younger people, to the point it's a cliche, and, therefore, the five millionth iteration of it isn't interesting, or valid, or true, or even much worth hearing. (... and it's especially rich to hear it coming from the Boomers... and I'm sure the more historically-aware of the Boomers thought it was quite rich to hear it coming from the Jazz Age refugees... )
  • spicymaki 9y ago
    Thank you!
  • slededit 9y ago
    It doesn't really invalidate his argument considering the quote was a summary of ancient writing in a student's thesis.