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"Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools."

January 1, 1970

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George Chapman in All Fools (1605), act V, scene ii, lines 205–6. This was a common proverb which appeared not only in Chapman's play, first published in 1605, but in other works as well. See The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs (1970), p. 927–28.

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George Chapman in All Fools (1605), act V, scene ii, lines 205–6. This was a common proverb which appeared not only in Chapman's play, first published in 1605, but in other works as well. See The Oxford Dictionary of English Proverbs (1970), p. 927–28.