"Children tend to be rather better observers of adults' characters than adults are of children's, because children are so dependent on adults that it is very much in their interest to discover the weaknesses of their elders."

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Source : Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.315, Simon and Schuster

Allan Bloom

#Children Quotes #Character Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“Poetry is all that is worth remembering in life.”
“To be called a coward, I don't think that's fair”
“People see you onstage and the glamorous side, but they don't see you traveling 600 miles a night, eating truck stop food and spending by yourself staring at walls.”
“The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.”
“I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.”
“Men are more salary-sensitive when they're choosing a job.”
“Beauty is a pledge of the possible conformity between the soul and nature, and consequently a ground of faith in the supremacy of the good.”
“It's the arrogance of man to think that man can change the climate of the world. Only nature can change the climate. A volcano, for instance.”

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