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They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they alone knew everything and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for girls, they are forward, immodest and unwomanly in speech, behaviour and dress.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a21120/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/21120.v5.jpg" alt="Socrates"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Socrates</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="062ba3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="062ba3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a21120/062ba3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20young%20people%20of%20today%20think%20of%20nothing%20but%20themselves.%20They%20have%20no%20reverence%20for%20parents%20or%20old%20age.%20They%20are%20impatient%20of%20all%20restraint.%20They%20talk%20as%20if%20they%20alone%20knew%20everything%20and%20what%20passes%20for%20wisdom%20with%20us%20is%20foolishness%20with%20them.%20As%20for%20girls%2C%20they%20are%20forward%2C%20immodest%20and%20unwomanly%20in%20speech%2C%20behaviour%20and%20dress.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa21120%2F062ba3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/291/">Parents</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3180/">Reverence</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4492/">Young People</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2334/11014/">Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2334/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1e/2334.v5.jpg" alt="M. 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