Quotation: Children sweeten labours, but they...

[Tom]

Hello everybody

Since I am working on quotations and comprehension passages to improve upon my comprehension skils, I may be needing your help even more frequently.

Please bear with me. I have almost worn out dear Amy's patience!

Please shed some light on the given quote.

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
Francis Bacon

Tom

[Yankee]

[Tom]

[Tom]

Amy, could you change the title of this thread? Please substitute quotation for phrase. If memory serves me correctly, I wrote quote, I think.

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

I think you understand the quote.
Doing unpleasant work is more bearable if doing it benefits your children. A misfortune is even worse if it also negatively affects your children.

And I changed the word "phrase" to "quote" in the title of your thread. (I didn't know till just now that I could do that! )

Amy
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