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Quote Origin: Misbehaving Children in Ancient Times
Question for Quote Investigator : There is a great quote by Plato or Socrates about the misbehavior of children in antiquity that I read in the New York Times. The quote shows that the problems between generations are not just a recent occurrence. Instead, the conflicts between parents and offspring are timeless: 1
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Linked from 21 Hacker News comments by 18 different people, from Nov 2018 to Apr 2026.
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- dgfl · Apr 23, 2026
- morsch · Mar 30, 2025
- keiferski · Aug 4, 2023
- Eisenstein · Feb 5, 2023
- Eisenstein · Sep 10, 2022
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