Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by calling important people by their first names in or out of print. Such first- naming for…

Quote by John Mason Brown

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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of...

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of...

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around...

How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around...

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not...

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not...

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone...

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone...

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the...

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the...

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the...

She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the...

Education is going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

Education is going forward from cocksure ignorance to thoughtful uncertainty.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

A child miseducated is a child lost.

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.

Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.