#child

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Age merely shows what children we remain. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast. ↗

— Herbert Gold

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Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body wondering if anybody is listening. ↗

— Herbert Gold

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Shame, shame, shame. How many times have I told you not to be frightened? Have I not told you God looks after all his children? ↗

— Willis Goldbeck

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