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> [Comes now a smiling New-Born Year To fill to-day with goodly cheer— An infant hale and lusty. Upon our door-sill he is left By Daddy Time, of clothes bereft Despite the season gusty. If he be Churl or doughty Knight,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/comes-now-a-smiling-new-born-year-to-fill-to-day-with-goodly-cheer-an/)

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## More by John Kendrick Bangs

> [I like the man who takes the stones Upon his rocky road With smiling lips instead of groans, Whate'er his heavy load Who seizes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/i-like-the-man-who-takes-the-stones-upon-his-rocky-road-with-smiling/)

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> [“If there is any animal in the whole category of four-legged creatures that more thoroughly deserves to be called a pig than the pig,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/if-there-is-any-animal-in-the-whole-category-of-four-legged-creatures/)

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> [Whose heart doth hold the Christmas glow Hath little need of Mistletoe; Who bears a smiling grace of mien Need waste no time on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/whose-heart-doth-hold-the-christmas-glow-hath-little-need-of/)

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> [If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/if-i-had-my-way-no-one-should-be-taught-to-read-until-after-he-had/)

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> [ “as I \[Eve\] was the only cook in all Christendom at the time, the idea of not coming home to dinner never occurred to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/as-i-eve-was-the-only-cook-in-all-christendom-at-the-time-the-idea-of/)

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> [The only care That I shall share Shall be the care of others, And on the road I'll halve the load Of overburdened brothers.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/the-only-care-that-i-shall-share-shall-be-the-care-of-others-and-on/)

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> [You know the Model of your Car. You know just what its powers are. You treat it with a deal of care, Nor tax…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/you-know-the-model-of-your-car-you-know-just-what-its-powers-are-you/)

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> [I can't tell a lie - not even when I hear one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/i-can-t-tell-a-lie-not-even-when-i-hear-one/)

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> [“The outer garments of to-day will become the under-clothes of some destined to-morrow, and centuries hence a man found walking on the public highways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/the-outer-garments-of-to-day-will-become-the-under-clothes-of-some/)

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> [For me, my craft is sailing on,Through mists to-day, clear seas anon.Whate'er the final harbor be'T is good to sail upon the sea!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/for-me-my-craft-is-sailing-on-through-mists-to-day-clear-seas-anon/)

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> [“Curious," it said. "What you call your decent self doesn't dare look me in the eye! What a mistake people make who say that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/curious-it-said-what-you-call-your-decent-self-doesn-t-dare-look-me/)

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> [I have no dog, but it must be Somewhere there's one belongs to me-- A little chap with wagging tail, And dark brown eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/i-have-no-dog-but-it-must-be-somewhere-there-s-one-belongs-to-me-a/)

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> [“Taking the alphabet first and learning one letter a year for twenty-six years he will be able to read and write as early in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/taking-the-alphabet-first-and-learning-one-letter-a-year-for-twenty/)

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> [“His view of me and my ways were expressed with some degree of force to our family physician who, when at the age of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/his-view-of-me-and-my-ways-were-expressed-with-some-degree-of-force/)

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> [Pandemonium did not reign; it poured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-kendrick-bangs/pandemonium-did-not-reign-it-poured/)

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