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A question regarding a quote. Mark Twain perhaps?
I'll make every effort to make this unserstandable, and without question. I have to paraphrase, and it isn't a school assignment, but relevent to me, in many ways.
"When I was young (a # perhaps?) I thought my father was the most ignorant man I knew. When older (again a # year perhaps?) I found that he was catching up to me."
As always WINGZ,,, PING, and Thank you also RKP. I suspect that is the quote. I won't hug you, as I reserve that for "Endorphin" but thank you both.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Is this the quote?:
"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." - Mark Twain
- SunDancerLv 61 decade ago
I think it equates to he was so much older then, and younger than that now ;)
And, of course, don't all teenagers and young adults know EVERYTHING?...until they hit 40, and realize that they knew nothing at all.
And now that I'm (a #) I find my dad was right about 'most' things. But some of us continue to supersede our elders by light years.
Any help?
Edit: I guess I misread the Q..oops