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Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
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
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
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.
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.
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
Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
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.