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JJ Adams

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Who said it?
“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.”

AThousandYoung
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Socrates I think

shavixmir
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@jj-adams said
Who said it?
“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.”
Every generation from the ancient Greeks onwards?

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@athousandyoung said
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@athousandyoung said
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Yup

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@shavixmir said
Every generation from the ancient Greeks onwards?
Hell, probably going back to the caveman days.

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@jj-adams said
Hell, probably going back to the caveman days.
Yup. They leave the nest, they rebel, eventually settle down, have kids of their own, and forget they were once rebels. 'Tis the way of the world.

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