Maxioms by Frank Moore Colby
Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to read more
Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?
One learns little more about a man from his feats of literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary read more
One learns little more about a man from his feats of literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.
Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection.
Nobody can describe a fool to the life, without much patient self-inspection.
Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall read more
Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance? - The Colby Essays.
Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly read more
Minds do not act together in public; they simply stick together; and when their private activities are resumed, they fly apart again.
