A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks … — Alice Duer Miller

A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.

Alice Duer MillerPoet · American · 1874 – 1942

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I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy. — George Bernard Shaw
An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children. — Benjamin Disraeli
No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. — Plato
Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings. — Alice Duer Miller
When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man. — Alice Duer Miller
Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you. — Alice Duer Miller