“ There is no dealing with children, even with children who are fond of you, unless you can keep your prestige as an adult ”
George Orwell, A Clergyman's Daughter (1935). copy citation
| Author | George Orwell |
|---|---|
| Source | A Clergyman's Daughter |
| Topic | adult prestige |
| Date | 1935 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200011.txt |
Context
“Moreover, the story of the row there had been over Macbeth was not long in leaking out. The children grasped that old Millie had done something wrong—they didn’t exactly know what—and had been given a “talking to.” It lowered her in their eyes. There is no dealing with children, even with children who are fond of you, unless you can keep your prestige as an adult; let that prestige be once damaged, and even the best-hearted children will despise you.
So they began to be naughty in the normal, traditional way. Before, Dorothy had only had to deal with occasional laziness, outbursts of noise and silly giggling fits;”
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