"All men are proud of their children. And the egoism of some men is so great that they are proud even of their wives "
Henry Menken

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"Children are the reason why the sky has not yet destroyed the world"
Moritz-Gotlib Safir

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"Constantly giving the children rewards is not good. Through this, they become selfish, and hence the corrupt way of thinking develops "
Immanuel Kant

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"Having a wife and children is a hostage of fate"
Francis Bacon

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"In the theater of life, the only real spectators are children"
Vladislav Gzheshchik

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"There would not be any problems with the children if they needed to cut down trees to power the TV"
Bill Vaughn

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"Sweets, cookies, and sweets cannot be grown from children of good people. Like bodily food, the spiritual must also be simple and nutritious "
Robert Schumann

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"Do not make a child of an idol: when he grows up - will require many victims"
Pierre Boeste

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"A woman who, having children, is capable of experiencing boredom is worthy of contempt"
Jean Paul

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"Let the first lesson of the child be obedience. Then the second can be what you consider necessary "
Benjamin Franklin

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"Never show that you are smarter than a child; feeling your superiority, he, of course, will respect you for the depth of thought, but he will instantly withdraw into himself, hide himself like a snail in a shell "
Arkady Averchenko

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"A child gives birth to parents"
Stanislav Jerzy Lec

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