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• What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.
  -- George Bernard Shaw...
• For what constitutes a child?--Ignorance. What constitutes a child?
  Want of instruction; for they are our equals so far as their degree of knowledge permits....
• The vilest abortionist is he who attempts to mould a child's character.
  -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) "Maxims for Revolutioni...
• Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage -- it can be delightful.
  -- George Bernard Shaw...
• Any person under the age of thirty, who, having any knowledge of the existing social order, is not a revolutionist, is an inferior.
  -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)...
• The pursuit of knowledge is, I think, mainly actuated by love of power.
  -- Bertrand Russell (1872-1967)...
• Let wife and child perish, and lay bricks for your last crust, rather than part with an iota of your copyrights.
  -- George Bernard Shaw (to Sean O'Casey)...
• A child hasn't a grown-up person's appetite for affection.
  A little of it goes a long way with them; and they like a good imitation of it better than the real thing, as every nurse knows....
• When you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life.
  A blow in cold blood neither can nor should be forgiven. -- George Bernard Shaw...