"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."

Family, Children, Listening

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"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."

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"What thumbsuckers we all are...when it comes to mothers."

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"When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off.""

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Mark Twain, American Author

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"There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention."

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"Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned."

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