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It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. – Charles Dudley Warner

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A father lives after death in his son. – Sanskrit

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Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation. – Adlai Stevenson

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What one generation sees as a luxury, the next sees as a necessity. – Anthony Crosland

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The generations of men run on in the tide of time, but leave their destined lineaments permanent for ever and ever. – William Blake

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