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Charles Lamb:Credulity is the man's weakness,


Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.
by Charles Lamb


Martial:An honest man is always a child.


An honest man is always a child.
by Martial


Henry Ward Beecher:Beware of him who hates the


Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.
by Henry Ward Beecher


William Shakespeare:It is a wise father that


It is a wise father that knows his own child.
by William Shakespeare


Unknown:A child is a gift from God. He is not


A child is a gift from God. He is not an accident or a consequence.
by Unknown


George Washington:It is the child of avarice,


It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
by George Washington


Hector Hugh Munro:Confront a child, a puppy, and


Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for more assistance, the puppy will grovel in abject submission, the kitten will brace its tiny body for a frantic resistance.
by Hector Hugh Munro


Vittorio Alfieri:There is a silence, the child


There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.
by Vittorio Alfieri


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:A torn jacket is soon


A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Alexander Pope:Of Manners gentle, of Affections


Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
by Alexander Pope


Jean J. Rousseau:To endure is the first thing


To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which he will have the most need to kn
by Jean J. Rousseau


Sophocles:Having advanced to the limit of


Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.
by Sophocles


Robert Southey:Call not that man wretched, who


Call not that man wretched, who whatever ills he suffers, has a child to love.
by Robert Southey


Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton:I was always an


I was always an early riser. Happy the man who is! Every morning day comes to him with a virgin's love, full of bloom and freshness. The youth of nature is contagious, like the gladness of a happy child.
by Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton


Washington Irving:A father may turn his back on


A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.
by Washington Irving


Mencius:The great man is he who does not lose


The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart. He does not think beforehand that his words shall be sincere, nor that his acts shall be resolute; he simply abides in the right.
by Mencius


Nagarjuna:When your eyes are fixed in the stare


When your eyes are fixed in the stare of unconsciousness, and your throat coughs the last gasping breath - as one dragged in the dark to a great precipice - what assistance are a wife and child?
by Nagarjuna


Sir Walter Scott:How pleasant it is for a father


How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.
by Sir Walter Scott


Samuel Johnson:Order is a lovely nymph, the


Order is a lovely nymph, the child of Beauty and Wisdom; her attendants are Comfort, Neatness, and Activity; her abode is the valley of happiness: she is always to be found when sought for, and never appears so lovely as when contrasted with her opponent, Disorder.
by Samuel Johnson


Akhenaton:Perils, and misfortunes, and want, and


Perils, and misfortunes, and want, and pain, and injury, are more or less the certain lot of every man that cometh into the world. It behooveth thee, therefore, O child of calamity! early to fortify thy mind with courage and patience, that thou mayest support, with a becoming resolution, thy allotted portion of human evil.
by Akhenaton


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