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Let a man turn to his own childhood -- no further -- if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change.
A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die read more
A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.
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.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after read more
The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. -Pearl S. Buck.
things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.
things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.
What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight read more
What a cunning mixture of sentiment, pity, tenderness, irony surrounds adolescence, what knowing watchfulness! Young birds on their first flight are hardly so hovered around.
The only moral lesson which is suited for a child, the most important lesson for every time of life, is read more
The only moral lesson which is suited for a child, the most important lesson for every time of life, is this: "Never hurt anybody.".