“The only way to make people good, is to make them happy.”
Dinah Craik (1826–1887) English novelist and poet
Ch 11
A Woman's Thoughts About Women (1858)
“The best way to make children good is to make them happy.”
Variant: The best way to make children good is to make them happy.
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Source: A Woman's Thoughts About Women (1858), Ch. 10
