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Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.
Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away.
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.
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment read more
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future. More youth quotes coming soon. If you have a quote, proverb or saying about youth that you would like to be posted on this page please use the 'Submit a Quote' form below. -Unknown.
The child is father of the man.
The child is father of the man.
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's read more
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age.
There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age.
Children are poor men's riches.
Children are poor men's riches.
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their read more
They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.
