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    There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity

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Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of
children.

Better to be driven out from among men than to be disliked of
children.

by Richard Henry Dana Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

by Bible Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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[Witches] steal young children out of their cradles, ministerio
doemonum, and put deformed in their rooms, which we call read more

[Witches] steal young children out of their cradles, ministerio
doemonum, and put deformed in their rooms, which we call
changelings.

by Robert Burton Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book.

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book.

by Marcel Proust Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing,
And mischief-making monkey from his birth.

A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing,
And mischief-making monkey from his birth.

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The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly read more

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.

by Bill Cosby Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe--
Sailed on a river of read more

Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe--
Sailed on a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew.

by Eugene Field Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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Alas! regardless of their doom,
The little victims play;
No sense have they of ills to come,
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Alas! regardless of their doom,
The little victims play;
No sense have they of ills to come,
Nor care beyond to-day.

by Thomas Gray Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.

by Sigmund Freud Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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