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Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he read more
Some parents say it is toy guns that make boys warlike. But give a boy a rubber duck and he will seize its neck like the butt of a pistol and shout "Bang!"
The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy read more
The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and read more
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.
Only little boys and old men sneer at love.
Only little boys and old men sneer at love.
When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.
When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.
A boy is a magical creature - you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him read more
A boy is a magical creature - you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, read more
Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.
Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.
Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.