How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such a manner as much to enforce their maxims by the credit of their lives.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Sir, we are a nest of singing birds

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own...

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the...

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be...

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased

He who endeavors to please must appear pleased

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good...

Let's suppose somebody abused you sexually. You still had a choice, though not a good...

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, and feels like shit, you don't have...

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, and feels like shit, you don't have...