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    "Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants.” -Socrates

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      22 years ago

      Plato in the original version, although it’s actually an invented quote from a PhD student in about 1905

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        22 years ago

        Who knew! I guess the impact is the same whether it’s from a hundred or a thousand years ago. Kids be kids.