Christopher Morley

We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort. ”

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature. ”

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. ”

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. ”

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it. ”

A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing. ”

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain. ”

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people. ”