Frank Moore Colby
Frank Moore Colby
Frank Moore Colbywas an American educator and writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
mind way arriving
We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way.
war men mind
As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades.
fun mind progress
That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.
feats learns man
One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.
man people studied
A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought.
confess false humor lack men
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 anybody feeling generally left particular
I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.
waiting temptation march
When temptations march monotonously in regiments, one waits for to pass.
anger people temper
Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.
lonely sarcasm self
By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.
politics acquisition politician
In middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament.
guilt shame harm
Women singly do a good deal of harm. Women in bulk are chastening.
reputation fame
Fill an author with a titanic fame and you do not make him titanic; you often merely burst him.
book reading men
There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least.