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.

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

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

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for read more

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

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.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold read more

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations.

Whoever teaches his son teaches not alone his son but also his son's son, and so on to the end read more

Whoever teaches his son teaches not alone his son but also his son's son, and so on to the end of generations

What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.

What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity.

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?