Ernest Vincent Wright Quotes

For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work.

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A man thinks all dust stays outdoors.

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What a City Council should do, and what it will do, don’t always
match up.

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Boys, at war, so far away, will naturally droop, both in body and mind, from lack of a particular girl’s snuggling and cuddling.

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As you turn into a daddy, soon now, you’ll find that, on marrying, a man and woman start actually living.

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All that did a big lot toward showing Youth that this big world is ‘not half bad,’ if adults will but watch, aid, and coach. And I will not stand anybody’s snapping at a child! Particularly a tiny tot. If you think that you must snap, snap at a child so big as to snap back. I don’t sanction ‘talking back’ to adults, but, ha, ha!

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A human mind was built for contact with similar minds. It should, - in fact, - it must think about what is going on around it; for, if it is shut up in a thick, dark, bony box of a skull, it will always stay in that condition known as "status quo"; and grow up, antagonistic to all surroundings.

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