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- Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.
- Rabbinical Saying
- Children are all foreigners.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
- Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.
- Robert Byrne
- I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.
- Robert Orben
- Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.
- Robert Orben
- A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.
- Robertson Davies, "What's Bred in the Bone"
- The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
- Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
- Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried taking candy from a baby.
- Unknown
- D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children.
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
- How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child! - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Lear", Act 1 scene 4
- It is a wise father that knows his own child.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Merchant of Venice", Act 2 scene 2
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