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Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter waters, when they themselves have poison'd the fountain.

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They should always be heard, and fairly and kindly answer'd, when they ask after any thing they would know, and desire to be informed about. Curiosity should be as carefully cherish'd in children, as other appetites suppress'd.

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Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit; to become delightful, happiness must be tainted with poison.
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Born: August 29, 1632
Died: October 28, 1704 (aged 72)
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