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" People who think they're generous to a fault usually think that's their only fault. "

Sydney J. Harris

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" The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones. "

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