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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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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.\r\n

by George Orwell 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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. . . 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 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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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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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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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

by Hebrew Proverb 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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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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