I never hear parents exclaim impatiently, "Children, you must not make
so much noise," that I do not think how soon the time may come when,
beside the vacant chair, those parents would give all the world, could
they hear once more the ringing laughter which once so disturbed them.
--_A. E. Kittredge._
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Children are certain cares, but uncertain comforts.
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What is there in nature so dear to man as his own children?
--_Cicero._
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The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.
--_Cicero._
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His cares are eased with intervals of bliss:
His little children, climbing for a kiss,
Welcome their father's late return at night.
--_Dryden._
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