38 ordspråk av Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner
A boy has a natural genius for combining business with pleasure
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A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - "Just as good as the real
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A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.
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Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it
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Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire
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Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration.
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How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man
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I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity.
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It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.
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Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it
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Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
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No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property.
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No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one
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One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one
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