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Child Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
- A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can never be spent.
- A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a…
- In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long…
- The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example;…
- What is the use of a new-born child ?
- It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis…
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