"Youth should heed the older-witted,
when they say, don't go too far.
Now their sins are all committed,
Lord, how virtuous they are!"

"Drum soll ein Kind die weisen Lehren
Der alten Leute hochverehren!
Die haben alles hinter sich
Und sind, gottlob! recht tugendlich!"

Wilhelm Busch, 'Pious Helen'
('Die fromme Helene', 1872)

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  e.f. @ 04 July, 2005 - 05:01 pm