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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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...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

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...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

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...

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.

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with...

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with...

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...

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...