Each generation makes its own accounting to its children.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Each generation is responsible for evaluating its actions and legacy for future children.
- In plain terms
- Every generation has to explain its actions to the next one.
- What can you take from it?
- Generations bear responsibility for their legacy to future ones.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What will you leave behind?
- How do you judge your generation?
Another view
Past generations cannot be held accountable by future ones.
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