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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.
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.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
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 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.
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.
Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
Of all wild beasts, the most difficult to manage.
A boy is a magical creature - you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him 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.
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