Our Sires' Age Was Worse That Our Grandsires'. We Their Sons Are More Worthless Than They

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Our sires' age was worse that our grandsires'.
We their sons are more worthless than they:
so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.
-- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) (65-8 B.C.)

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