The world must be coming to an end. Children no longer obey their parents and every man wants to write a book.
Attributed to the writing on a tablet, unearthed not far from Babylon and dated back to 2800 B.C.
An expanded version of this appears as, “Our earth is degenerate in these latter days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching,” attributed to an Assyrian stone tablet of about 2800 B.C.