Quote#Wisdom
Children are the keys of Paradise
Quote byRichard Henry Stoddard · 1825–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Songs of Summer (1856), "The Children's Prayer", p. 113..
English (original)
Children are the keys of Paradise. … They alone are good and wise, Because their thoughts, their very lives, are prayer.
— Richard Henry Stoddard
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