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Jugend hat keine Tugend
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German
Etymology
youth has no virtue. Compare nl jeugd heeft geen deugd.
Pronunciation
de De-Jugend hat keine Tugend.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proverb
de proverb
young people are less likely to follow a moral and virtuous lifestyle (e.g. because they find it hard to control their desires)
de w:Theodor Fontane Private letter to Bernhard von Lepel before 1885 Fontane zum Vergnügen Reclam 2011 103 »Jugend hat keine Tugend« ist falsch, wie fast alle Sprichwörter; wenn wer noch Tugend hat, so ist’s eben die Jugend. “Youth has no virtue” is wrong, like almost all proverbs; if anyone still has virtue, it’s the young.
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