We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.

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The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty.

Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty.

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all...

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all...

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too...

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too...

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...