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Children might or might not be a blessing, but to create them and then fail them was surely damnation.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
Our children change us... whether they live or not.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
Some men just aren't cut out for paternity. Better they should realize it before and not after they become responsible for a son.: Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos, 1986
You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in turn. It's a sort of entailment. Or if you don't have children of the body, it's left as a debt to your common humanity. Or to your God, if you possess or are possessed by one.: Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999
Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.: Mary MacCracken
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.: Norman Douglas
Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes they forgive them.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.: P. J. O'Rourke (1947 - )
Children are the only form of immortality that we can be sure of.: Peter Ustinov (1921 - 2004)
Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.: Phyllis Diller
Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.: Rabbinical Saying
Children are all foreigners.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.: Robert Byrne
I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home.: Robert Orben
Never raise your hand to your children; it leaves your midsection unprotected.: Robert Orben
A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.: Robertson Davies, "What's Bred in the Bone"
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.: Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried taking candy from a baby.: Unknown
D'you call life a bad job? Never! We've had our ups and downs, we've had our struggles, we've always been poor, but it's been worth it, ay, worth it a hundred times I say when I look round at my children.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child!: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "King Lear", Act 1 scene 4
It is a wise father that knows his own child.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Merchant of Venice", Act 2 scene 2

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