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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. Children ar
by SXX 5y ago
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers."
- dTal 5y ago--Kenneth John Freeman, for his Cambridge dissertation published in 1907 (in case you thought it was someone ancient or famous)
- SXX 5y agoThanks. It was actually one of quotes that I was certain is originated from greek philosophers. Yeah it seems like it's my turn to cite something incorrectly.