Quote #16925
In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of...
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First the grub, then the morals.
Quote #9128
Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often...
Quote #10267
The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they...
Quote #13253
We have scarcely gotten home … when our children’s sneezes greet us, skinned knees...
Quote #3709
It’s not failure, but low aim is crime.
Quote #5822
One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to...
Quote #13441
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not...
Quote #13674
I scrambled to the top of the precipice where Nick was waiting. ‘That was...
Quote #3366
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius lift up thy...