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    They are idols of hearts and of households;
    They are angels of God in disguise;
    His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
    His glory still gleams in their eyes;
    Those truants from home and from Heaven
    They have made me more manly and mild;
    And I know now how Jesus could liken
    The kingdom of God to a child.

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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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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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The children in Holland take pleasure in making
What the children in England take pleasure in breaking.

The children in Holland take pleasure in making
What the children in England take pleasure in breaking.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning read more

There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.

by Elizabeth Lawrence Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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'Tis not a life,
'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.

'Tis not a life,
'Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away.

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The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.
[Lat., Pietas fundamentum est omnium virtutum.]

The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.
[Lat., Pietas fundamentum est omnium virtutum.]

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There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin read more

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

by Arthur Schopenhauer Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing read more

The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life is that our souls remaining over the places where we once enjoyed ourselves

by Kahlil Gibran Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd,
The sports of children satisfy the child.

By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd,
The sports of children satisfy the child.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Childhood Quotes,
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