“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and chatter in the place of exercise.”
- Socrates Kenneth John Freeman, for his Cambridge dissertation published in 1907, summarizing complaints directed against young people in ancient times.
It was crafted by a student, Kenneth John Freeman, for his Cambridge dissertation published in 1907. Freeman did not claim that the passage under analysis was a direct quotation of anyone; instead, he was presenting his own summary of the complaints directed against young people in ancient times.
“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and chatter in the place of exercise.”
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SocratesKenneth John Freeman, for his Cambridge dissertation published in 1907, summarizing complaints directed against young people in ancient times.Not a real Socrates quote. It’s very popular to make up this genre of quote.
Oh damn, TIL.
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