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One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots when, without him, they would perhaps have remained mere imbeciles.

Georges Courteline

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Georges Courteline
Age: 71 †
Born: 1858
Born: June 25
Died: 1929
Died: June 25
Dramatist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Tours
France
Turns
Complete
Imbeciles
Without
Mere
Idiots
Children
Effects
Remained
Would
Parents
Household
Perhaps
Idiot
Turn
Visible
Parent
Presence
Child
Worthy

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