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We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them
Childhood is the sleep of reason
The training of children is a profession where we must know to lose time in order to gain it
In bringing up a child, think of its old age
Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute
Children need models rather than critics
Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; and either may be wrong
Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt
What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child
Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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