"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us."

Family, Children, Future, Past, Present

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"Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present, which seldom happens to us."

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

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