Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in which the parents do not act in such a way that nothing would be more desirable for the child than to escape their influence
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In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future
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Families, I hate you Shut-in homes, closed doors, jealous possessors of happiness
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One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
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