Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.

Quote by William Lyon Phelps

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If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of...

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of...

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else,...

You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else,...

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until...

Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until...

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good...

Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good...

The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to...

The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to...

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can...

If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can...

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.

In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks.

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect...

A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect...

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who...

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who...

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be...

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be...

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy....

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy....

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts

Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even...

Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even...

If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and...

If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and...

You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in...

You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in...

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...