| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 198 |
| AUTHOR: | Oscar Wilde (18541900) |
| QUOTATION: | Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | OSCAR WILDE, A Woman of No Importance, act II, in The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, vol. 7, p. 249 (1923). Lord Illingworth is speaking. |
| SUBJECTS: | Children |
| WORKS: | Oscar Wilde Collection | | |
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