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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!"
Only little boys and old men sneer at love.
Only little boys and old men sneer at love.
A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of 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.
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.
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.
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.
A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.
A man can never quite understand a boy, even when he has been a boy.
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.