Frank Moore Colby
Frank Moore Colby
Frank Moore Colbywas an American educator and writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
heart adventure men
Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?
humor men wigs
Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?
anger feelings particular
I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.
friendship true-friend enemy
You cannot find, make or understand true friendship without having enemies.
running noses chance
Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape.
expression judging people
Literary people are forever judging the quality of the mind by the turn of expression.
men civilization drawing
Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.
mean crowds littles
As crowds increase we build our forts of inattention, and the more we talk the easier it is to mean little and listen not at all.
would-be committees persist
We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.
tolerance apathy brotherly
Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest.
play plot world
The world is a play that would not be worth seeing if we knew the plot.
memories men littles
One learns little more about a man from his feats of literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.
fun mind progress
That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.
men cities office
If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.