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An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on boring future generations

— Charles De Montesquieu

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

— Anonymous

“A new generation is growing up in our midst, a generation actuated by new ideas and new principles. It is serious and enthusiastic for…

— James Joyce

“Fond of bewailing the decadence of the modern world, of denouncing the younger generation for its lack of idealism and public spirit, he is…

— Christopher Isherwood

a generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men, of men unduly divorced from the slow process of nature, of…

— Bertrand Russell

“in a matter of some generations all the stupid ones will die out and those with your discipline will inherit the Earth”

— Robert A. Heinlein

“There is a tendency of one generation to run wild, break rules, enjoy itself, and then condemn those who come along next to give…

— Bob Morris

The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.

— William Blake

“The hidden and awful Wisdom which apportions the destinies of mankind is pleased so to humiliate and cast down the tender, good, and wise;…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever.

— John Tillotson

“What absurd victims of contrary desires we are! If a man is settled in one place he yearns to wander; when he wanders he…

— Christopher Morley

“the whole purpose of civilization is to take the surprises out of life, so one can be bored to death”

— Murray Leinster