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A child should always say what's true

Quote byRobert Louis Stevenson · 1850–1894

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Child's Garden of Verses (1885), Whole Duty of Children..

English (original)

A child should always say what's true And speak when he is spoken to, And behave mannerly at table; At least as far as he is able.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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