This quote is written / told by Washington Irving between April 3, 1783 and November 28, 1859. He/she was a famous Writer from USA.
The author also have 38 other quotes.
"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"
"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young"