A nasty day! A nasty day! 'Twas thus I heard a critic say Because the skies were bleak and gray— And yet it somehow seemed to me The day was all that it should be. I looked it very closely… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share Image
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… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
“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,… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
Whose heart doth hold the Christmas glow Hath little need of Mistletoe; Who bears a smiling grace of mien Need waste no time on… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
“as I [Eve] was the only cook in all Christendom at the time, the idea of not coming home to dinner never occurred to… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
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.… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
You know the Model of your Car. You know just what its powers are. You treat it with a deal of care, Nor tax… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
“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… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
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! — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
“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… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
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… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
“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… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
“His view of me and my ways were expressed with some degree of force to our family physician who, when at the age of… — John Kendrick Bangs Copy Share
