To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

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When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly...

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we...

Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we...

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has bin getting a little...

Man was created a little lower than the angels and has bin getting a little...

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he...

Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can...

Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can...

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he...

One of rarest things that a man ever does is to do the best he...

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be...

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing...

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence...

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence...

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry...

Infatuation is when you think he's as sexy as Robert Redford, as smart as Henry...