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> [you may take it from me, that however hard you try - or don't try; whatever you do - or don't do; for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; every way and every day: the parent is always wrong.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-raverat/you-may-take-it-from-me-that-however-hard-you-try-or-don-t-try/)

[Gwen Raverat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-raverat/)

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## More by Gwen Raverat

> [The first religious experience that I can remember is getting under the nursery table to pray that the dancing mistress might be dead before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-raverat/the-first-religious-experience-that-i-can-remember-is-getting-under/)

[Gwen Raverat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-raverat/)

> [you may take it from me, that however hard you try - or don't try; whatever you do - or don't do; for better,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-raverat/you-may-take-it-from-me-that-however-hard-you-try-or-don-t-try/)

[Gwen Raverat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-raverat/)

> [You can have no idea, if you have not tried, how difficult it is to find out anything whatever from an encyclopedia, unless you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-raverat/you-can-have-no-idea-if-you-have-not-tried-how-difficult-it-is-to/)

[Gwen Raverat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-raverat/)

> [the chief thing I learnt at school was how to tell lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-raverat/the-chief-thing-i-learnt-at-school-was-how-to-tell-lies/)

[Gwen Raverat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-raverat/)

> [I have defined Ladies as people who did not do things themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwen-raverat/i-have-defined-ladies-as-people-who-did-not-do-things-themselves/)

[Gwen Raverat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwen-raverat/)

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