Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hayes argues that every era has specific dangers and ours is greed and snobbery. He condemns the moral tone of his time.
- In plain terms
- Every generation has problems, but ours is bad behavior and greed.
- What can you take from it?
- Greed and arrogance define this era.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What defines your age?
- What temptations exist now?
Another view
It offers no solution, only judgment.
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