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> [After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of peasant,-the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace-mann/after-a-child-has-arrived-at-the-legal-age-for-attending-school/)

[Horace Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace-mann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/horace-mann-2022_absolutes_after-a-child-has-arrived-at-the-legal-a_218390.png)

> [Boredom!!! Shooting!!! Shelling!!! People being killed!!! Despair!!! Hunger!!! Misery!!! Fear!!! That's my life! The life of an innocent eleven-year-old schoolgirl!! A schoolgirl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zlata-filipovi/boredom-shooting-shelling-people-being-killed-despair-hunger-misery/)

[Zlata Filipović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zlata-filipovi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/zlata-filipovi-32687_bird_boredom-shooting-shelling-people-being-k_874182.jpg)

> [I was the class clown in school, and I was also a child actor - not on television, but in the theatre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-haglund/i-was-the-class-clown-in-school-and-i-was-also-a-child-actor-not-on/)

[Dean Haglund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-haglund/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/dean-haglund-42670_actor_i-was-the-class-clown-in-school-and-i-wa_1422334.jpg)

> [Lap of mother is the first school of a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/lap-of-mother-is-the-first-school-of-a-child/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/anonymous-1_children_lap-of-mother-is-the-first-school-of-a-c_1593397.jpg)

> [I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-pine/i-performed-and-sang-at-school-but-as-a-child-it-was-never-anything-i/)

[Chris Pine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-pine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b7/chris-pine-2168_children_i-performed-and-sang-at-school-but-as-a_2227726.png)

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