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    Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it

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If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

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Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.

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. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured read more

. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history and possibly the unhappiest.

by Eda Leshan Found in: Generations Quotes,
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All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

by Alexandre Dumas Found in: Generations Quotes,
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A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.

A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.

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Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?

Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it?

by Meridel Le Sueur Found in: Generations Quotes,
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Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care read more

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Generations Quotes,
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"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all read more

"The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.

by Gerald De Nerval Found in: Generations Quotes,
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Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

by Jim Morrison Found in: Generations Quotes,
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