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It is a great mistake on the part of elderly ladies, male and female, to tell a child that he is seeing his happiest days. Do not you believe a word of it, my little friend.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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"It is a great mistake on the part of elderly ladies, male and female, to tell a child that he is seeing his happiest days. Do not you believe a word of it, my little friend."
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It is a great mistake on the part of elderly ladies, male and female, to tell a child that he is seeing his happiest days. Do not you believe a word of it, my little friend. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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Thomas Bailey Aldrich was a Poet from United States (1836–1907).

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This quote is attributed to Thomas Bailey Aldrich, a Poet from United States.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich lived from 1836 – 1907.