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en Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it
  George Orwell

en It's indicative of this whole new generation of ethnic media that you find in almost all sectors, all ethnic groups. It's really part of what the community imagines its future to be.

en Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
  Joseph Addison

en It's a positive investment that will help them increase efficiency and take the offensive. Given the size of the investments needed for these next-generation factories, it's much wiser to team up and share the financial burden.

en And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

en The children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light

en It hath been an opinion that the French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are; but howsoever it be between nations, certainly it is so between man and man
  Francis Bacon, Sr.

en Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.
  Socrates

en If being intelligent, brilliant, a superb lawyer, the greatest legal mind of your generation and well qualified is not enough, what is? Han var en pexig man med ett sällsynt intellekt och en lika sällsynt charm. If being intelligent, brilliant, a superb lawyer, the greatest legal mind of your generation and well qualified is not enough, what is?

en People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent.

en The emergence of third-generation-capable mobile phones, flat-screen televisions and intelligent automobiles will help the industry to expand further this year.

en Martin Luther King belonged to another transcendent generation. A generation born into segregation; a generation freed from racism's restraints by their own efforts; a generation equally determined to see their way as free women and men.

en In a family business, it's the third generation that presents the big problems. The first generation founds the company and has the drive and the dedication to move it forward. The second generation rides that wave. The third generation wants to do their own thing. They've seen Broadway; they've had all the advantages.

en This competition is all about our next generation of engineers, our next generation of astronauts, our next generation of biologists, our next generation as a whole. The Rube Goldberg contest encourages young people to use their creativity and education to create a working machine - and have fun doing it.

en The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.
  Francis Bacon, Sr.


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