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There are two times in a woman's life when clothes are important: when she is young and when she is old.
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Why is it that the person who needs no introduction usually gets the longest one?
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Giving the frosting dish into eager, waiting hands is one of the joys of being a mother.
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Two important things to teach a child: to do and to do without.
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Obstinacy in children is like a kite; it is kept up just as long as we pull against it.
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He looked as if his mind constantly shifted from one foot to the other.
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It is all right to say exactly what you think if you have learned to think exactly.
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A child does not thrive on what he is prevented from doing, but on what he actually does.
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A sparkling house is a fine thing if the children aren't robbed of their luster in keeping it that way.
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Whenever I try to recall that long-ago first day at school only one memory shines through: my father held my hand.
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The way to achieve happiness is to have a high standard for yourself and a medium one for everyone else.
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Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.
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A child who constantly hears 'Don't,' 'Be careful,' 'Stop' will eventually be overtaken by schoolmates, business associates, and rival suitors.
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Piecrust is like a wild animal; when it sees fear in the eyes of its tamer it goes out of control.
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To give children everything is often worse than giving them nothing.
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Politeness in an individual is as necessary as paint on both sides of a fence, for a person, like a fence, faces out as well as in.
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'Under new management' may mean a baby has just been born.
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A teen-ager out of sight is like a kite in the clouds; even though you can't see it you feel the tug on the string.
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All the successful parents I have observed seem to possess one common quality: that of being able to visit with their children.
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When a telephone rings, the average man settles deeper into his chair with the observation, 'I wonder who that can be?'
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Raising children is like baking bread: it has to be a slow process or you end up with an overdone crust and an underdone interior.
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Growing old is like riding in a train: we seem to sit still while the landscape moves by.
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Children whose problems aren't recognized become problem children.
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Heredity: the thing a child gets from the other side of the family.
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Weather means more when you have a garden: there's nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your lettuce and green beans.
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