"There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected…"

"A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future."

"In 20th-century England, an individual announcing that he was the son of God and would return after death in glory wo…"

"Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation, in turn, becomes the custodian …"

"It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors…"

"Οἵη περ φύλλων γενεὴ τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν. φύλλα τὰ μέν τ' ἄνεμος χαμάδις χέει, ἄλλα δέ θ' ὕλη τηλεθόωσα φύει, ἔαρος δ'…"

"The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next."

"Belonging to a generation is one of the lowest forms of solidarity."

"Zu seinem Wiederaufbau braucht Deutschland vor allem einmal viele Generationen, die gar nicht wissen, was ein Dienstb…"

"Wenn Einer von einer sehr heftigen Liebe zu einem Weibe ergriffen wird, so ist ihnen mit einander zu plaudern und zu …"