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We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort.
Christopher Morley
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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
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Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
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New York is Babylon : Brooklyn is the truly Holy City. New York is the city of envy, office work, and hustle Brooklyn is the region of homes and happiness.... There is no hope for New Yorkers, for their glory in Their skyscraping sins but in Brooklyn there is the wisdom of the lowly.
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A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.
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A mind too proud to unbend over the small ridiculosa of life is as painful as a library with no trash in it.
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High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.
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The little Plumpuppets are fairies of beds They have nothing to do but watch sleepyheads They turn down the sheets and they tuck you in tight, And dance on your pillow to wish you good night!
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April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.
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