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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.
Christopher Morley
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Christopher Morley
Age: 66 †
Born: 1890
Born: May 5
Died: 1957
Died: March 28
Journalist
Opinion Journalist
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Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
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Be prepared for truth at all hours and in the most fantastic disguises. This is the only safety.
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When Abraham Lincoln was murdered The one thing that interested Matthew Arnold Was that the assassin shouted in Latin As he lept on the stage This convinced Matthew There was still hope for America.
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What is the virtue and service of a book? Only to help me live less gingerly and shabbily.
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One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings.
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Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.
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Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.
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Animal crackers, and cocoa to drink That is the finest of suppers, I think When I'm grown up and can have what I please, I think I shall always insist upon these.
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The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
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There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
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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.
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The plural of spouse is spice.
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