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.
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The passionate are like men standing on their heads they see all things the wrong way.
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The elements of instruction should be presented to the mind in childhood, but not with any compulsion.
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Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable, inasmuch as he has the fountain of reason in him not yet regulated.
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Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape, fortune, name, and nature all decay
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