Clarence Day
Clarence Day
Clarence Shepard Day, Jr.was an American author and cartoonist, best known for his 1935 work Life With Father...
ProfessionAutobiographer
Date of Birth18 November 1874
mother dream growing-up
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.
police eras england
When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.
elephants suffering quality
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.
fields energy certain
The worshipper of energy is too physically energetic to see that he cannot explore certain higher fields until he is still.
real men parallelogram
Real friendships among men are so rare that when they occur they are famous.
giving world jinn
A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.
book fall heart
The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall, nations perish, civilizations grow old and die out, and after an era new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the heart of men centuries dead. -
hurt money taken
A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.
life real fall
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.
freedom sacrifice rights
It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.
eggs legs lips
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.
responsibility citizens ants
Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.
inspirational life wisdom
You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.
wise vacation knowing
The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.