Quote#Time
Play is not for every hour of the day, or for any hour taken at…
Quote byAlice Meynell · 1847–1922
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Children (1897), "Under the Early Stars", p. 44.
English (original)
Play is not for every hour of the day, or for any hour taken at random. There is a tide in the affairs of children. Civilization is cruel in sending them to bed at the most stimulating time of dusk.
— Alice Meynell
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