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New Testament Era2 quotes
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." — Jesus · 60Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. — Jesus · 60The Renaissance2 quotes
It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity. — Michel de Montaigne · 1580How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child. — William Shakespeare · 1606Age of Enlightenment1 quote
Behold the child, by nature's kindly law
Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. — Alexander Pope · 1733Classical antiquity1 quote
Of all wild creatures, the child is the most intractable. — Plato · 346 BCEarly Christianity1 quote
The weakness of little children's limbs is innocent, not their souls. — St. Augustine · 400Old Testament Era1 quote
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. — Genesis 1:28 · 1405 BC