14 Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about children



  • Author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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    I am amazed to see how deliberately I have entangled myself step by step. To have seen my position so clearly, and yet to have acted so like a child!

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  • Author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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    There are two things parents should give their children roots and wings. Roots to give them bearing and a sense of belonging, but also wings to help free them from constraints and prejudices and give them other ways to travel (or rather, to fly).

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