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Charles Dudley Warner
Everybody talks about...
Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.
Source: often...
It is fortunate...
It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors...
There is no...
There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to...
A great artist...
A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.
Source: In Webster's...
Politics makes strange...
Politics makes strange bed-fellows.
Source: My Summer in a Garden, Fifteenth Week ...
Lettuce is like...
Lettuce is like conversation: it must be fresh and crisp, and so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in...
Perhaps nobody ever...
Perhaps nobody ever accomplishes all that he feels lies in him to do; but nearly every one who tries his power touches...
The excellence of...
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than its value.
Source:...
Simplicity is making...
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
Source: In...
We are half...
We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.
To own a...
To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life - this is the...
The wise man...
The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is...
A cynic might...
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend -- 'Just as good as the...
People always overdo...
People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.
Source: In Webster's...
Mud-pies gratify one...
Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are...