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Thoughts Jan 10, 2019

Aristotle, 4th c. BCE :

"These youth are such as know-it-all"

1st c. BCE:

"These beardless youth find delight in horses and dogs, soft as wax, waste their money, arrogant, greedy..."

1330:

"Youth are destroying our language by shortening it unnecessarily"

1771:

"The manly figure of our forefathers is gone. Today the youth are like girls, self-admiring..."

1862:

"Youth are being addicted to these new literature called novels. Today there is a reading mania"

1925:

"Youth have bad manners, indiscipline and are thoughtless, rude and utterly selfish"

1925:

"Youth are not adventurous anymore. Nobody runs to the sea like I did when I was young"

1932:

"In these newspaper days where information is cheap, youth no longer have time to develop conversational skills"

1951:

"Youth are so lazy, they readily take bus instead of walking like everyone else does"

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