Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

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George Orwell

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Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

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It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next. Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul. There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.