Morley
Morley
reality definitions noble
Religion is an attempt, a noble attempt, to suggest in human terms more-than-human realities.
fun men motto
Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!
men self young
Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men.
running science glasses
It's a good thing to turn your mind upside down now and then, like an hour-glass, to let the particles run the other way.
book doctors people
A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell you that the book business is different from other trades. People don't know they want books. I can see just by looking at you that your mind is ill for lack of books but you are blissfully unaware of it!
men brain world
Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.
new-york home office-work
New York is Babylon : Brooklyn is the truly Holy City. New York is the city of envy, office work, and hustle; Brooklyn is the region of homes and happiness.... There is no hope for New Yorkers, for their glory in Their skyscraping sins; but in Brooklyn there is the wisdom of the lowly.
mean eye chance
From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance.
funny humor spices
The plural of spouse is spice.
men ideas world
The unluckiest insolvent in the world is the man whose expenditure of speech is too great for his income of ideas.
add starting
Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.
truth men people
There is an innate decorum in man, and it is not fair to thrust Truth upon people when they don't expect it. Only the very generous are ready for Truth impromptu.
writing diaries knows
Never write up your diary on the day itself, for it takes longer than that to know what happened.
men crowns hardship
Any man worth his salt has by the time he is forty-five accumulated a crown of thorns, and the problem is to learn to wear it over one ear.