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«For that again, is what all manner of religion essentially is: childish dependency»
«If it seems a childish thing to do, do it in remembrance that you are a child.»
«Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.»
Author: James Anthony Froude | Keywords: childish
«Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age / The child is grown, and puts away childish things. / Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. / Nobody that matters, that is.»
«Dare to err and to dream. Deep meaning often lies in childish plays.»
«Children don't read to find their identity, to free themselves from guilt, to quench the thirst for rebellion or to get rid of alienation. They have no use for psychology.... They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff.... When a book is boring, they yawn openly. They don't expect their writer to redeem humanity, but leave to adults such childish illusions.»
«Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself»
«He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity»
«Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected by a rigid system of taboos, else even half-wits would argue it to pieces»
«Every art has its terms, and every kind of instruction its proper style; the gravity of common critics may be tedious, but is less despicable than childish merriment»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: childish

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