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Charles Dudley Warner Quotes

The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value Picture Quote #1

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes Picture Quote #1

There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman Picture Quote #1

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property Picture Quote #1

The onion and its satin wrappings is among the most beautiful of vegetables and is the only one that represents the essence of things. It can be said to have a soul Picture Quote #1

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it Picture Quote #1

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It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of the trout to take to this method Picture Quote #1

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch, their renewal of life, this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do Picture Quote #1

Let us celebrate the soil. Most men toil that they may own a piece of it; they measure their success in life by their ability to buy it Picture Quote #1

I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity Picture Quote #1

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you Picture Quote #1

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help Picture Quote #1

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Have you any right to read, especially novels, until you have exhausted the best part of the day in some employment that is called practical? Picture Quote #1

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently Picture Quote #1

Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire Picture Quote #1

To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world Picture Quote #1

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man? Picture Quote #1

That talk must be very well in hand and under great headway, that an anecdote thrown in front of will not pitch off the track and wreck Picture Quote #1

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The faculties for getting into jail seem to be ample. We want more organizations for keeping people out Picture Quote #1

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration Picture Quote #1

There is life in the ground: it goes into the seeds; and it also, when it is stirred up, goes into the man who stirs it Picture Quote #1

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different Picture Quote #1

There was never a nation that became great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help Picture Quote #1

One of the advantages of pure congregational singing is that you can join in the singing whether you have a voice or not. The disadvantage is that your neighbor can do the same Picture Quote #1

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There isn’t a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of her husband, weighed him and settled him in her own mind, and knows him as well as if she had ordered him after designs and specifications of her own Picture Quote #1

Plots are no more exhausted than men are. Every man is a new creation, and combinations are simply endless Picture Quote #1

Memory has the singular characteristic of recalling in a friend absent, as in a journey long past, only that which is agreeable Picture Quote #1

Nature is, in fact, a suggester of uneasiness, a promoter of pilgrimages and of excursions of the fancy which never come to any satisfactory haven Picture Quote #1

Nature is entirely indifferent to any reform. She perpetuates a fault as persistently as a virtue Picture Quote #1

The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one’s own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what he does believe until he is warmed into conviction by the heat of attack and defence Picture Quote #1

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The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) The thing generally raised on city land is taxes (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) There is nothing that disgusts a man like getting beaten at chess by a woman (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) The onion and its satin wrappings is among the most beautiful of vegetables and is the only one that represents the essence of things. It can be said to have a soul (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It requires some training on the part of the trout to take to this method (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch, their renewal of life, this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Let us celebrate the soil. Most men toil that they may own a piece of it; they measure their success in life by their ability to buy it (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Have you any right to read, especially novels, until you have exhausted the best part of the day in some employment that is called practical? (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Goodness comes out of people who bask in the sun, as it does out of a sweet apple roasted before the fire (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man? (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) That talk must be very well in hand and under great headway, that an anecdote thrown in front of will not pitch off the track and wreck (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) The faculties for getting into jail seem to be ample. We want more organizations for keeping people out (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) There is life in the ground: it goes into the seeds; and it also, when it is stirred up, goes into the man who stirs it (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) There was never a nation that became great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) One of the advantages of pure congregational singing is that you can join in the singing whether you have a voice or not. The disadvantage is that your neighbor can do the same (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) There isn’t a wife in the world who has not taken the exact measure of her husband, weighed him and settled him in her own mind, and knows him as well as if she had ordered him after designs and specifications of her own (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Plots are no more exhausted than men are. Every man is a new creation, and combinations are simply endless (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Memory has the singular characteristic of recalling in a friend absent, as in a journey long past, only that which is agreeable (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Nature is, in fact, a suggester of uneasiness, a promoter of pilgrimages and of excursions of the fancy which never come to any satisfactory haven (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) Nature is entirely indifferent to any reform. She perpetuates a fault as persistently as a virtue (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes) The chief effect of talk on any subject is to strengthen one’s own opinions, and, in fact, one never knows exactly what he does believe until he is warmed into conviction by the heat of attack and defence (Charles Dudley Warner Quotes)

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