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Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or refutes some human error.
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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A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.
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Men talk of finding God, but no wonder it is difficult He is hidden in that darkest hiding-place, your heart. You yourself are a part of Him.
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There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.
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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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Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.
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Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
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There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters can be published.
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God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five Days.
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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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