Whatever parent gives his children good instruction, and sets them at
the same time a bad example, may be considered as bringing them food in
one hand, and poison in the other.
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Children have neither past nor future; and what scarcely ever happens to
us, they enjoy the present.
--_La Bruyere._
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An honorable life is the best legacy a father can leave to his children.
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Children should not be flattered, but they should be encouraged. They
should not be so praised as to make them vain and proud, but they should
be commended when they do well.
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Children are excellent physiognomists, and soon discover their real
friends.
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_Dr. Guthrie_--He believed--to use his own words--that "where parents
will never punish their children, those children will punish them."
_From Dr. Guthrie's Memoir._
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Indulgence to children breeds ingratitude.
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A man who gives his children habits of industry, provides for them
better than by giving them a fortune.
_Whately._
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Choose rather to leave your children well instructed than rich. For the
hopes of the learned are better than the riches of the ignorant.
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