Terence on Childhood
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βUt quisque suum vult esse, ita est.
As each one wishes his children to be, so they are.β
βNam qui mentiri, aut fallere insuerit patrem, aut Audebit: tanto magis audebit cΓ¦teros. Pudore et liberalitate liberos Retinere satius esse credo, quam metu.
For he who has acquired the habit of lying or deceiving his father, will do the same with less remorse to others. I believe that it is better to bind your children to you by a feeling of respect, and by gentleness, than by fear.β