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Heywood C Broun
The average child...
The average child is an almost non-existent myth. To be normal one must be peculiar in some way or...
For truth there...
For truth there is no deadline.
Source: In Saturday Review, 13 Feb 1954.
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Except that right...
Except that right side up is best, there is not much to learn about holding a baby. There are one hundred and...
Life is a...
Life is a copycat and can be bullied into following the master artist who bids it to come to...
The tragedy of...
The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.
Source: Pieces...
There are to...
There are to us no ties at all just in being a father. A son is distinctly an acquired taste. It's the practice of...
The ability to...
The ability to make love frivolously is the thing that distinguishes human beings from...
Just as every...
Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is...
Men build bridges...
Men build bridges and throw railroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a...
In some respects...
In some respects the life of a censor is more exhilarating that of an emperor. The best the emperor can do is to snip...
A liberal is...
A liberal is a man who leaves the room when the fight starts.
Source: In The...
Hell is paved...
Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no...
I doubt whether...
I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with...
All there is...
All there is to be said for work as opposed to dancing is that it is so much easier.
A technical objection...
A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
Source: In New Republic,...
The average child...
The average child is an almost non-existent myth. To be normal one must be peculiar in some way or...
For truth there...
For truth there is no deadline.
Source: In Saturday Review, 13 Feb 1954.
--...
Except that right...
Except that right side up is best, there is not much to learn about holding a baby. There are one hundred and...
Life is a...
Life is a copycat and can be bullied into following the master artist who bids it to come to...
The tragedy of...
The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.
Source: Pieces...
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