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Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them read more
Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does read more
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer
Here the heart
May give a useful lesson to the head,
And learning wiser grow without his read more
Here the heart
May give a useful lesson to the head,
And learning wiser grow without his books.
Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to
swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick read more
Mrs. Crupp had indignantly assured him that there wasn't room to
swing a cat there; but as Mr. Dick justly observed to me, sitting
down on the foot of the bed, nursing his leg, "You know,
Trotwood, I don't want to swing a cat. I never do swing a cat.
Therefore what does that signify to me?"
His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes--
Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.
My read more
His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes--
Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.
My hand will miss the insinuated nose,
Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much, are the three pillars of learning.
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]
Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind.
[Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabulum.]
Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.
Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring
Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.
