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> [We should teach our children to make friends with us, to communicate all their thoughts to us ... by this we find many opportunities of teaching them important truths, almost without knowing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/we-should-teach-our-children-to-make-friends-with-us-to-communicate/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

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## More by Henry Kirke White

> [When the day of misfortune comes and (comes it must sooner or later to all )we may be prepared with Christian fortitude to endure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/when-the-day-of-misfortune-comes-and-comes-it-must-sooner-or-later-to/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [I, a Laconian dog, can bite again: Yes, I can make the Daunian tiger flee, Much more a bragging, foul-mouth'd whelp like thee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/i-a-laconian-dog-can-bite-again-yes-i-can-make-the-daunian-tiger-flee/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [I do not like punishments. You will never torture a child into duty; but a sensible child will dread the frown of a judicious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/i-do-not-like-punishments-you-will-never-torture-a-child-into-duty/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [We should teach our children to make friends with us, to communicate all their thoughts to us ... by this we find many opportunities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/we-should-teach-our-children-to-make-friends-with-us-to-communicate/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [And care, whom not the gayest can outbrave, Pursues its feeble victim to the grave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/and-care-whom-not-the-gayest-can-outbrave-pursues-its-feeble-victim/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [Poetry has been to me something more than amusement, it has been a cheering companion when I had no other to fly to, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/poetry-has-been-to-me-something-more-than-amusement-it-has-been-a/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [Christianity is not a mere set of opinions to be embraced by understanding. It is the work of the heart as well as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/christianity-is-not-a-mere-set-of-opinions-to-be-embraced-by/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [Much in sorrow, oft in woe, Onward, Christians, onward go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/much-in-sorrow-oft-in-woe-onward-christians-onward-go/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [The past is dead, and has no resurrection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/the-past-is-dead-and-has-no-resurrection/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [Goodness, Time's rude hand defies, And winter lives when beauty dies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/goodness-time-s-rude-hand-defies-and-winter-lives-when-beauty-dies/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [Earthly pride is like the passing flower, that springs to fall, and blossoms but to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/earthly-pride-is-like-the-passing-flower-that-springs-to-fall-and/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [So, on the eastern summit, clad in gray, morn, like a horseman girt for travel, comes, and from his tower of mist night's watchman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/so-on-the-eastern-summit-clad-in-gray-morn-like-a-horseman-girt-for/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [Who shall contend with time,--unvanquished time, the conqueror of conquerors and lord of desolation?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/who-shall-contend-with-time-unvanquished-time-the-conqueror-of/)

[Henry Kirke White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-kirke-white/)

> [Where now is Britain? . Even as the savage sits upon the stone That marks were stood her capitols, and hears The bittern booming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/where-now-is-britain-even-as-the-savage-sits-upon-the-stone-that/)

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> [To wind the mighty secrets of the past, And turn the key of time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-kirke-white/to-wind-the-mighty-secrets-of-the-past-and-turn-the-key-of-time/)

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