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As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.
Samuel Richardson
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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
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Parents cannot expect advice to have the same force upon their children as experience has upon themselves.
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All angry persons are to be treated, by the prudent, as children.
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O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!
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