He undertook to disparage my age, when he himself had appointed his five-year-old son.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker points out the hypocrisy of someone criticizing his age while having a very young son.
- In plain terms
- He calls out double standards about age.
- What can you take from it?
- Beware of hypocrisy in criticism.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes a criticism hypocritical?
- How do we handle double standards?
Another view
It assumes the listener knows the context of the criticism.
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