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.

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

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

All generalizations are dangerous, even this one.

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

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

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

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.