Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of...

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of...

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a...

Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a...

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to...

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to...

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the...

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the...

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are...

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are...

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

Sibling relationships - and 80 percent of Americans have at least one - outlast marriages,...

Sibling relationships - and 80 percent of Americans have at least one - outlast marriages,...

There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother ... Oh, how...

There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother ... Oh, how...

To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We...

To the outside world, we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We...