Child quotes

“Tranquilizers work only if you follow the advice on the bottle - keep away from children.” Phyllis Diller

“Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.” Plato

“No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education.” Plato

“Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a child.” Plato

“We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.” Plato

“As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!” Coco Chanel

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.” Aristotle

“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.” Aristotle

“Finance, like time, devours its own children.” Honore de Balzac

“What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?” Honore de Balzac

“It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.” Honore de Balzac

“Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.” Honore de Balzac

“A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.” Aldous Huxley

“Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.” Aldous Huxley

“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.” Aldous Huxley

“Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?” Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice.” Lord Byron

“You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.” Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.” Arthur Conan Doyle

“A man growing old becomes a child again.” Sophocles

“Children are the anchors of a mother's life.” Sophocles

“To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.” Sophocles

“Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.” Sophocles

“A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.” Victor Hugo

“A great artist is a great man in a great child.” Victor Hugo

“There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.” Victor Hugo

“No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child.” Victor Hugo

“Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!” Victor Hugo