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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Quote of the Day by Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima: ‘Young people get the foolish idea that what is new for them must be new for everybody else too…’ - a sharp observation on identity, individuality, rebellion and why feeling different does not always mean being original, from the author of ‘Confessions of a Mask’

Did you find an idea, style, or way of thinking and believed yourself to be the first to think that way? Well, it is not so hard an assumption to make, since everything looks fresh and revolutionary through our very own eyes. However, what can be considered absolutely novel for one generation can often seem old and familiar for another.

Japanese writer Yukio Mishima managed to express this idea in his brilliant saying.

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