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> [Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/ants-are-good-citizens-they-place-group-interest-first-but-they-carry/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

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> [The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/the-ant-is-knowing-and-wise-but-he-doesn-t-know-enough-to-take-a/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

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> [Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/ants-are-good-citizens-they-place-group-interests-first/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

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## More by Clarence Day

> [Be adorable always to each other; respect is everlasting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/be-adorable-always-to-each-other-respect-is-everlasting/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [The worshipper of energy is too physically energetic to see that he cannot explore certain higher fields until he is still.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/the-worshipper-of-energy-is-too-physically-energetic-to-see-that-he/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/tender-are-a-mother-s-dreams-but-her-babe-s-not-what-he-seems-see-him/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [Babies are unreasonable; they expect far too much of existence. Each new generation that comes takes one look at the world and thinks wildly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/babies-are-unreasonable-they-expect-far-too-much-of-existence-each/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall; nations perish; civilizations grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/the-world-of-books-is-the-most-remarkable-creation-of-man-nothing/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/the-real-world-is-not-easy-to-live-in-it-is-rough-it-is-slippery/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/creatures-whose-mainspring-is-curiosity-enjoy-the-accumulating-of/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [As to modesty and decency, if we are simians we have done well, considering: but if we are something else-fallen angels-we have indeed fallen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/as-to-modesty-and-decency-if-we-are-simians-we-have-done-well/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/we-talk-of-our-mastery-of-nature-which-sounds-very-grand-but-the-fact/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/the-egg-it-is-the-source-of-all-tis-everyone-s-ancestral-hall-the/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/a-moderate-addiction-to-money-may-not-always-be-hurtful-but-when/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [“It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared-for, on this dark, cooling star:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/it-is-possible-that-our-race-may-be-an-accident-in-a-meaningless/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/the-test-of-a-civilized-person-is-first-self-awareness-and-then-depth/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/ants-are-good-citizens-they-place-group-interest-first-but-they-carry/)

[Clarence Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-day/)

> [When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-day/when-eras-die-their-legacies-are-left-to-strange-police-professors-in/)

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