My books kept me from the ring, the dog-pit, the tavern, and the saloon.

Quote by Thomas Hood

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Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we...

Lives of great men oft remind us as we o'er their pages turn, That we...

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

To attempt to advise conceited people is like whistling against the wind.

The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago.

The best of friends fall out, and so his teeth had done some years ago.

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the...

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the...

'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.

'Extremes meet', as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.

A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled.

A certain portion of the human race has certainly a taste for being diddled.

Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day...

Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day...

There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid.

There is even a happiness - that makes the heart afraid.

A moment's thinking is an hour in words.

A moment's thinking is an hour in words.

Frost is the greatest artist in our clime - he paints in nature and describes...

Frost is the greatest artist in our clime - he paints in nature and describes...

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely,...

There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely,...