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attributed to Socrates

(469—399 B.C.)

Children nowadays love luxury, have bad manners, contempt for authority, disrespect for elders....

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attributed to Socrates

(469-399 B.C.) Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. www.english-slang.com

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[in the lap of luxury] {adv. phr.} Well supplied with luxuries; having most things that money can buy. * /Mike grew up in the lap of luxury./ Compare: [ON EASY […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Judith Martin, aka Ms. Manners

(1938-- ) U.S. etiquette authority A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. www.english-slang.com

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(1835-1910) Familiarity breeds contempt--and children. www.english-slang.com

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