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The youth of today

September 13th, 2009 oda Leave a comment Go to comments

The youth of today:

“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders…. 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 are tyrants over their teachers.”

“The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have
no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all
restraint. They talk as if they alone knew everything and what passes
for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for girls, they are
forward, immodest and unwomanly in speech, behaviour and dress.”

Quote: Well, both are commonly attributed to Socrates.

Some things never change.

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  1. September 13th, 2009 at 09:27 | #1

    haha, they sure don’t! can you imagine what Socrates would have said about US? :S all the deteriation since ancient greece … we must be barbarians by now.

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