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I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he read more
The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different
A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.
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.
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
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.
There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.
There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.
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.
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.