It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?

Quote by James Matthew Barrie

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Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Temper is a weapon that we hold by the blade.

Love is not blind; it is an extra eye, which shows us what is most...

Love is not blind; it is an extra eye, which shows us what is most...

What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?

What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?

Ambition is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Ambition is the last infirmity of noble minds.

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what...

The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what...

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all...

Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all...

Has it ever struck you that the trouts bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters...

Has it ever struck you that the trouts bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters...

Let no one who loves be called unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Let no one who loves be called unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a...

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a...

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss...

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss...

Oh the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness...

Oh the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness...

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg.

Fame is rot; daughters are the thing

Fame is rot; daughters are the thing

Courage is the thing; all goes if courage goes

Courage is the thing; all goes if courage goes

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.

You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she...

You see, dear, it is not true that woman was made from man's rib; she...

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Life is a long lesson in humility.

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

Those who are believed to be most abject and humble are usually most ambitious and...

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they...

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...

'While there is life, there's hope,' he cried; 'Then why such haste?' so groaned and...