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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.
Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses.
Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses.
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.
The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance among men.
The fact that boys are allowed to exist at all is evidence of a remarkable Christian forbearance among men.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and read more
There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that 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