Clarence Day Quotes

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• There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
• The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation.
• The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go…
• Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality.
• It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.
• 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 crushed.…
• The creatures that want to live a life of their own, we call wild. If wild, then no matter how harmless, we treat them as…
• Reason is the servant of instinct.
• Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't…
• Be adorable always to each other; respect is everlasting.
• I was different unique and always happy. At school this attracted playground harassment. Nowadays, while I remain effervescent, quicker to perceive enmity I reserve my…
• If you don't go to other men's funerals, they won't go to yours.
• Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.
• If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.
• Babies are unreasonable; they expect far too much of existence. Each new generation that comes takes one look at the world and thinks wildly, "Is…
• As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.
• A universe capable of giving birth to many such accidents is-- blind or not-- a good world to live in, a promising universe.
• Real friendships among men are so rare that when they occur they are famous.
• The worshipper of energy is too physically energetic to see that he cannot explore certain higher fields until he is still.
• Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess…

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