Quote of George Orwell - Each generation imagines itself to be...
Biography - George Orwell:
George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is an English novelist, essayist and journalist. He was born in Motihari, British India.
Born: 1903 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: India
Born: 1903 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: India
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about wisdom:
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Quotes about intelligence:
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
Quotes for: generation
In the human heart there is a perpetual generation of passions; so that the ruin of one is almost always the foundation of another.
Nations do not grow old in the same way that men do. Each generation born within the nation is like a new people.
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.
George Orwell also said...
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