Frank Baum
Frank Baum
folks man observed stay walk
Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them.
breathing blue life-and-death
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
children entertainment morality
Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder-tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.
appreciate littles misery
A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.
reality should-have years
As the years pass, and we look back on something which, at the time, seemed unbelievably discouraging and unfair, we come to realize that, after all, God was at all times on our side. The eventual outcome was, we discover, by far the best solution for us, and what we thought should have been to our best advantage, would in reality have been quite detrimental.
rainbow bird littles
Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then - oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why, oh why, can't I.
home wizard-of-oz-wizard sweet-home
There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
morning fun night
To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life.
fighting winning victory
An eastern contemporary, with a grain of wisdom in its wit, says that "when the whites win a fight, it is a victory, and when the Indians win it, it is a massacre.
age world wonder
It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders.
awkward helping filling
And I' declared the Sawhorse, filling an awkward pause, 'am only remarkable because I can't help it.
stupid thinking knows
In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows.
men brain crow
If you only have brains on your head you would be as good a man as any of them, and a better man than some of them. Brains are the only things worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.
thinking able bother
It is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.