quote of the day.

[communi_kate]

 
"Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book."

-Cicero, b. 106BC*

Comments

[hunningham]

Eep. That's wonderful He was the original grumpy old man, wasn't he?

[communi_kate]

Unfortunately I think it's apocryphal, but other potential sources for the quote -including ancient Assyrian mud tablets and Egyptian hieroglyphics--are just as interesting. God I love history.

[everbright]

*giggles* I love that many people writing books is a sign of social decline.

[communi_kate]

You would have thought it was the opposite. Burning books, maybe.
Sadly the quote seems to be apocryphal,(http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/)but it's still awesome

[everbright]

Very much so. :D