American - Author | November 18, 1874 - December 28, 1935
The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.
Clarence Day
VacationWiseEnoughKnowKnowing
Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first.
GoodPlaceGroupFirstAnts
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
ArtWritingReadingThinkingWell
If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.
GoodChildrenParentsChanceYou
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
CuriosityFactsEnjoyMoreReflect
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.
AgeCharacterExperienceWorldFace
You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.
WisdomPeopleFeetYouOwnOff
Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience.
ExperienceInformationPrettyStuff
A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.
HealthMoneyFinanceBadAddiction
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
BestMustCannotMakeThoseWhich
Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.
RealityBeginDislikeManyToo
Reason is the servant of instinct.
ReasonServantInstinct
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