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    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.

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

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

by Leopold Senghor Found in: Generations Quotes,
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Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature

Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature

by Phillip Lubin Found in: Generations Quotes,
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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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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.

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Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a read more

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.

by Bill Cosby 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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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.

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