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> [When Abraham Lincoln was murdered The one thing that interested Matthew Arnold Was that the assassin shouted in Latin As he lept on the stage This convinced Matthew There was still hope for America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/when-abraham-lincoln-was-murdered-the-one-thing-that-interested/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

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## More by Christopher Morley

> [Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/beware-of-the-conversationalist-who-adds-in-other-words-he-is-merely/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [That's what this country needs -- more books!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/that-s-what-this-country-needs-more-books/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/between-ourselves-there-is-no-such-thing-abstractly-as-a-good-book-a/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/all-cities-are-mad-but-the-madness-is-gallant-all-cities-are/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/people-like-to-imagine-that-because-all-our-mechanical-equipment/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and yearning. A man should be learning as he goes; and he should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/there-are-three-ingredients-in-the-good-life-learning-earning-and/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/a-critic-is-a-gong-at-a-railroad-crossing-clanging-loudly-and-vainly/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [Friendships do not grow up in any carefully tended and contemplated fashion… They begin haphazard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/friendships-do-not-grow-up-in-any-carefully-tended-and-contemplated/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/the-real-purpose-of-books-is-to-trap-the-mind-into-doing-its-own/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/if-we-discovered-that-we-had-only-five-minutes-left-to-say-all-that/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [The censure of a dog is something no man can stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/the-censure-of-a-dog-is-something-no-man-can-stand/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/high-heels-were-invented-by-a-woman-who-had-been-kissed-on-the/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/the-courage-of-the-poet-is-to-keep-ajar-the-door-that-leads-into/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [“Calling us men doesn't make us men. No creature on earth has a right to think himself a human being if he doesn't know at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/calling-us-men-doesn-t-make-us-men-no-creature-on-earth-has-a-right/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/a-human-being-an-ingenious-assembly-of-portable-plumbing/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

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