“One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Children
Leo J. Burke on Children
“People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.” Continue reading
Robertson Davies on Children
“A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.” Continue reading
Plato on Light
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life, is when men are afraid of the Light.” Continue reading
Antoine De Saint-Exupery on Children
“Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.” Continue reading
Francis Bacon on Death
“Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.” Continue reading
Doctor Who on Maturity
“There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” Continue reading
John Wilmot on Children
“Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.” Continue reading
Evan Esar on Conscience
“Conscience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does.” Continue reading
Alice Roosevelt Longworth on Youth
“The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.” Continue reading
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