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Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.

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Clarence Day
Age: 61 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 18
Died: 1935
Died: December 28
Author
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Writer
New York City
New York
Clarence Shepherd Day
Jr.
B. H. Arkwright
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Ants
First
Interests
Good
Group
Citizens
Groups

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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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Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.
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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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If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours.
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Be adorable always to each other respect is everlasting.
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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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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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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 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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Will and wisdom are both mighty leaders. Our times worship will.
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Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
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The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.
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Real friendships among men are so rare that when they occur they are famous.
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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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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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When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.
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The egg it is the source of all To everyone's ancestral hall.
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The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.
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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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You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.
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