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

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

Topics: Charles Dudley Warner Quotes

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.

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...

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for...

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for...

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

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

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

Politics makes strange bedfellows

Politics makes strange bedfellows

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...

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of...

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.

Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart.