Children have never…
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. – James (Arthur) Baldwin (1924 – 87) More »
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. – James (Arthur) Baldwin (1924 – 87) More »
If you love your children, if you love your country, if you love the God of love, clear your hands from slaves, burden not your children or country with them. – Richard Allen (1760 – 1831) More »
Words hurt more than swords. More »
It’s dog-eat-dog. [Dog-eat-dog.] / (⇔)Dog does not eat dog. More »
“A classic”: something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910): Speech, quoting Professor Caleb Winchester, 20 Nov 1900, Nineteenth Century Club, NYC More »
Plum flowers! Don’t forget the springtime, even though your master is no longer with you. When an easterly wind blows, be sure to send me–your sweet fragrance. – Sugawara-no Michizane (845 – 903) More »
Beggars mounted run their horse to death. [Set a beggar on horseback and he’ll ride to the devil.] – York — William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616): Henry VI. Part III, Act I, Scene IV More »
“What is mind?” “No matter.” “What is matter?” “Never mind.” – Thomas Hewitt Key (1799 – 1875) More »
Great gains are not achieved except by great risks. / Nothing venture, nothing have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained. / Nothing ventured, nothing won.] More »
Down corn, down horn. [Corn and horn go together.] More »