When men have already become important there is, of course, no hope of improving them, since they will no longer listen to advice. Unfortunately, the improvement of the young is generally left to those who have already become old and important.
Source:"On being good" in: Mortals and Others; Bertrand Russell's American Essays, 1931-1935, v.1
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