When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we… — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to… — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a… — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be… — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth saying is that we really mean them. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
Friendship is not going to stand the pressure of greatly great guidance for quite extensive. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
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