Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire.

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

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How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties...

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had...

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had...

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a...

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today...

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

Knowledge is the mother of all virtue; all vice proceeds from ignorance

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

I have always known - That at last I would - Take this road, but...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so...

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus...

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus...

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires...

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires...

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

There isn't a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of...

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty,...

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty,...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind...

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades.

Friendship based solely upon gratitude is like a photograph; with time it fades.

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred...

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred...