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Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.
Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards.
Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and read more
Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to read more
A society in which adults are estranged from the world of children, and often from their own childhood, tends to hear children's speech only as a foreign language, or as a lie. Children have been treated. as congenital fibbers, fakers and fantasisers.
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
The best way to make children good is to make them happy.
The best way to make children good is to make them happy.
Our children's children will hear a good story.
Our children's children will hear a good story.