“But some children have clearer vision than adults.”
Edmund Cooper (1926–1982) British writer
Prisonner of Fire (1974)
“In many matters children — not ensnared by dogmatism, passion, or erudition — judge far truer than adults.”
Über viele Dinge urteilen Kinder, von Systemgeist, Leidenschaft und Gelehrsamkeit unverführt, weit richtiger als Erwachsene.
Über den Umgang mit Menschen (1788)
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