"Reasoning with a child is fine, if you……" — John Mason Brown
"Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own."
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30 Quotes by John Mason Brown
John Mason Brown has 30 quotes on this site.
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America is a land where men govern, but women rule.
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A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
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What a man is is the basis owhat he dreams and thinks, accepts and rejects, feels and perceives.
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Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest…
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She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it…
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God spare me sclerosis of the curiosity, for the curiosity which craves to keep us informed about the small things…
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It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant…
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So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.
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The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.
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The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors…
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Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.
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Charm is a glow within a woman which casts a most becoming light on others.
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I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center…
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In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar…
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A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
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There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of…
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Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
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What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
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When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I…
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