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A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.
Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.
One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some read more
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
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!"
Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months read more
Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
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.
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.
Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses.
Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses.