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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.
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?
If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.
If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.
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.\r\n
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.
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
Every generation needs a new revolution.
Every generation needs a new revolution.
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.