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We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at read more
We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in read more
If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.
Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, read more
Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.
Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.
Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
After your death you will be what you were before your birth.
Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has read more
Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.
