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

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A moment's thinking is an hour in words.

A moment's thinking is an hour in words.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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.

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

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

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

Those who begin by burning books will end by burning people.

We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make...

We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make...

I have offered teachings and practices in 35 countries, and yet in Vietnam, my books...

I have offered teachings and practices in 35 countries, and yet in Vietnam, my books...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier...

If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier...

There were epochs in the history of the humanity in which the writer was a...

There were epochs in the history of the humanity in which the writer was a...

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.