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Clarence Day Quotes: Creatures whose main spring is curiosity will enjoy the accumulating of fact far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
         

Creatures whose main spring is curiosity will enjoy the accumulating of fact far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.


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Creatures whose main spring is curiosity will enjoy the accumulating of fact far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
         



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Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.

Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.



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The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.



Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.

Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.



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.

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.



Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.



You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.

You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.



A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.



If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.



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.

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.



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.

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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