Quotes by John Mason Brown

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

#Happiness

Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who...

#Friendship

She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the...

#Education

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

#Television

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the...

#Books

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

#John Mason Brown

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

#John Mason Brown

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone...

#John Mason Brown

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

#John Mason Brown

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of...

#John Mason Brown

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.

#John Mason Brown

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not...

#John Mason Brown