We grow much more when we nurture respect, appreciation and affection for the works bequeathed by the authors of the past, in the face of the opposite impulse to undervalue or reject them. But perhaps we need to wait for time to amplify the first feeling, as greater experience provides more points of contact, thus increasing understanding and empathy. A good age is one that teaches complacency, and complacency, more than anyone else, benefits the one who possesses it.