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We come mentally of age when we discover that the great minds of the past, whom we have patronized, are not less intelligent than we are because they happen to

by whenc 2y ago

We come mentally of age when we discover that the great minds of the past, whom we have patronized, are not less intelligent than we are because they happen to be dead -- Cyril Connolly, The Unquiet Grave

alexvoda 2y ago
Does that(the patronization) happen frequently? I far more frequently witness people lionizing people of the past in all sorts of benign and malign ways.
- cout 2y ago
  I wonder how often this happens and we _don't_ recognize it.