# Quote — Steven Pinker, The Sense of Style

> As people age, they confuse changes in themselves with changes in the world, and changes in the world with moral decline—the illusion of the good old days.

- Author: [Steven Pinker](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker.md)
- Book: [The Sense of Style](https://www.leafyquotes.com/steven-pinker/the-sense-of-style.md)
- Page: 4
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