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PROVERB
CHILDREN LIKE WATCHES MUST NOT BE CONSTANTLY WOUND UP- YOU
MUST LET THEM RUN.
Where learned: GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): FUNCTION (EXPLICIT)
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION
Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-25-1971