"Why can't fellows be allowed to do what……" — Kenneth Grahame
"Why can't fellows be allowed to do what they like when they like and as they like, instead of other fellows sitting on banks and watching them all the time and making remarks and poetry and things about them?"
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59 Quotes by Kenneth Grahame
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The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton,"…
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Brain against brute force - and brain came out on the top - as its bound to do.
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A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no…
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The River... It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and…
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Animals when in company walk in a proper and sensible manner, in single file, instead of sprawling all across the…
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As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of…
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You are brave! For my sake, do not be rash!
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The past was like a bad dream; the future was all happy holiday as I moved Southwards week by week,…
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Weasels--and stoats--and foxes--and so on. They're all right in a way--I'm very good friends with them--pass the time of day…
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There was the noise of a bolt shot back, and the door opened a few inches, enough to show a…
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The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent--I name no…
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There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. In or…
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