Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium.

Quote by Booth Tarkington

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Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously; and do not take what happens...

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously; and do not take what happens...

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.

He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female...

He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female...

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of...

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of...

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently...

In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently...

Age will not be defied.

Age will not be defied.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they...

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they...

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the...

There has never been an age that did not applaud the past and lament the...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you...

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we...

Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we...

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

Too chaste a youth leads to a dissolute old age.

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a...

I'm back... and you knew I was coming. On my way here I passed a...

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of...

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of...

When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have grown old.

When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have grown old.

My wife is going to kill me. But you look like my wife, so that's...

My wife is going to kill me. But you look like my wife, so that's...