Our fathers' age was worse than our grandfathers'. We their sons are more worthless than… — Horace
Our fathers' age was worse than our grandfathers'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.
In the original Latin
aetas parentum, peior avis, tulit nos nequiores, mox daturos progeniem vitiosiorem.
23 BC
★ 3.7Other tags relating to this quote
Medium
Person
Provenance
Current citation
Horace. "Odes." The Complete Odes and Epodes, translated by David West. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 3, no. 6.
Original citation
Horace. Carmina [Odes]. 23 BC, bk. 3, no. 6.
