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Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.
Clarence Day
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Clarence Day
Age: 61 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 18
Died: 1935
Died: December 28
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New York City
New York
Clarence Shepherd Day
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B. H. Arkwright
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Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character.
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I was different unique and always happy. At school this attracted playground harassment. Nowadays, while I remain effervescent, quicker to perceive enmity I reserve my warmest touches and smiles for those who smolder with envy.
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The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.
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Babies are unreasonable they expect far too much of existence. Each new generation that comes takes one look at the world, thinks wildly, Is this all they've done to it? and bursts into tears.
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Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.
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Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.
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If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours.
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The poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn to themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of their times.
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A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.
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Be adorable always to each other respect is everlasting.
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There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
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A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.
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The first thing the world does to a genius is to make him lose all his youth.
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Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess defeats itself.
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Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.
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The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober not always, but most of the time.
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The egg it is the source of all. Tis everyone's ancestral hall. The bravest chief that ever fought, The lowest thief that e'er was caught, The harlot's lip, the maiden's leg, They each and all came from an egg.
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