Bonus Quote by Socrates

“You are a child seeking to be a man. When you are a man, you will seek in vain for the child you were.”

— Frank Herbert

“On est de son enfance comme on est d'un pays. We are from our childhood as we are from one country.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Being a parent is apparently more than most men can handle. This is transparent to even the tiniest child.”

— Jarod Kintz

“You become a man when, in having children, you not only physically look after and protect them but also protect them with all the…

— Carew Papritz

Badly gotten, badly spent. [Lat., Male partum, male disperit.]

— Plautus

But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).

— Jean de La Fontaine

“A child worries about what would make him happy, but a man does what is necessary.”

— Olan Thorensen

“A wise man shall make use of even a child's sensible utterance.”

— Chanakya

“He can feel them, reaching out for the child, groping their way to its purity…”

— J. Valor

“Stop! If you must make excuses, Basil, I must ask no questions. You have a secret which you wish to keep from me; and…

— Wilkie Collins

“A brigand, a barber, a beggar, two orphans, and a boy whore. With such do we defend the realms of men.”

— George R.R. Martin

I am not what I once was. [Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

— Horace