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

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.

We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.

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.

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely...

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely...

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value

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...

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...

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...

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes.