Clarence Day Quotes
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.
A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.
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.
As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen far.
If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.
We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.
As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.
Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.
A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.
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.
Father expected a good deal of God. He didn't actually accuse God of inefficiency, but when he prayed his tone was loud and angry, like that of a dissatisfied guest in a carelessly managed hotel.
Tender are a mother's dreams, But her babe's not what he seems. See him plotting in his mind To grow up some other kind.
The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.
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.
Knowledge is power. Unfortunate dupes of this saying will keep on creating, ambitiously, till they have stunned their native initiative and made their thoughts weak.
Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't have the vote, apparently; he just has his duties.
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.
This is a hard and precarious world, where every mistake and infirmity must be paid for in full.
The worshipper of energy is too physically energetic to see that he cannot explore certain higher fields until he is still.
The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go on, it is labor.
Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us yes but they haven't been true to themselves.
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.
Creatures whose main spring is curiosity will enjoy the accumulating of fact far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
Father expected a good deal of God. He didn't actually accuse God of inefficiency but when he prayed his tone was loud and angry like that of a dissatisfied guest in a carelessly managed hotel.
A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.
