People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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