The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

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I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating...

I think that there are some teachers that do a very good job of incorporating...

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is...

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is...

It's queer how ready people always are with advice in any real or imaginary emergency,...

It's queer how ready people always are with advice in any real or imaginary emergency,...

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when...

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you...

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to...

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to...

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of...

My heart is singing for joy this morning! A miracle has happened! The light of...

We all make mistakes, as the hedgehog said as he climbed off the scrubbing brush

We all make mistakes, as the hedgehog said as he climbed off the scrubbing brush

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you...

I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more...

I have thought about it a great deal, and the more I think, the more...

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it,...

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it,...

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my...

It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death....

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death....

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization