Maxioms by Charles Dudley Warner
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - read more
I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - My Summer in a Garden.
Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from read more
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. - My Summer in a Garden, 1871.
Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.
Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.'
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.'
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure.
