Social Science Funny old quotes that apply today

[Mickeybee]

Hey guys and gals,

Every new generation loves to think that they invented sex, rebellion, and bad behavior. Likewise, every person blames the new generation, and thinks that things were so much better when they were younger.

I've recently come across a few quotes which I think are pretty funny/ironic..

This one is from Socrates (~400 BC);

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

I also remember reading a quote about leaving conflict in Afghanistan - from the 1800's, which would apply today.

Can you think of any others? If not, have a lovely day.

 

[fairdinkum]

I think I read somewhere that the quote you posted has long been misattributed to Socrates and he never actually said it.

 

[Bennett.]

"What the **** was that?" - Mayor of Hiroshima 1945

 

[jo172]

I think I read somewhere that the quote you posted has long been misattributed to Socrates and he never actually said it.

Then there's the whole Socratic problem to deal with : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_problem

 

[rocker_oz33]

When you said old quotes l thought you ment old quotes not old old quotes covered in cobwebs.

 

[rocker_oz33]

l remember my nan saying "health is your wealth".

 

[vast]

I wonder if socrates and his mates called them 'gen alpha'

 

[Ben the Gooner]

I wonder if socrates and his mates called them 'gen alpha'

All the Gen Ξs like bunsocrates burner would have been whinging about the Gen Ys.

 

[I bleed Blue]

Bros before wenches



Barnibus Stinson -1784

 

[nicky]

l remember my nan saying "health is your wealth".

I love nan sayings.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

"The trouble with quotes on the internet is that it's difficult to discern whether or not they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln

 

[Tulip]

Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719 by Daniel Defoe: How's this for a quote to sum up the human condition, from the eponymous character...

“It put me upon reflecting how little repining there would be among mankind at any condition of life, if people would rather compare their position with those that are worse, in order to be thankful, than be always comparing them with those which are better to assist their murmurings and complainings.”

 

[Mancey]

I think I read somewhere that the quote you posted has long been misattributed to Socrates and he never actually said it.

Translation, i googled it and it was classified misattributed on wikiquote