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Comment by Belphemur

Always wondered if it was an actual Ancient Time quote.

Doesn't seem like it :

> It was crafted by a student, Kenneth John Freeman, for his Cambridge dissertation published in 1907. Freeman did not claim that the passage under analysis was a direct quotation of anyone; instead, he was presenting his own summary of the complaints directed against young people in ancient times.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/01/misbehave/?amp=1

parent Belphemur 3 years ago

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