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Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion. ↗

— Terence

#into #led #paths #persuasion #right

The three-year-old who lies about taking a cookie isn't really a liar after all. He simply can't control his impulses. He then convinces himself of a new truth and, eager for your approval, reports the version that he knows will make you happy. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#after #approval #control #convinces #cookie

Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is bringing out the worst in him or her: transitions, time pressure, competition for your attention, conflicting objectives. ↗

— Cathy Rindner Tempelsman

#attention #bringing #chance #child #competition

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another. ↗

— Henry John Temple

#man #merit #opinion

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. ↗

— William Temple

#first #fourth #good #good sense #humor

I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits? ↗

— John Templeton

#going #i #i do #lead #life

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to. ↗

— William Temple

#authority #been #bred #confirmed #custom

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else. ↗

— William Temple

#applied #else #ever #great #himself

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. ↗

— William Temple

#abstinence #exercise #healthy #live #man

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others. ↗

— William Temple

#capable #creature #live #man #more