Charles Dudley Warner

How many wars have been caused by fits of indigestion, and how many more dynasties have been upset by the love of woman than by the hate of man. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#caused #fits #hate #how #indigestion

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#barbarous #call #comprehend #does #each

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#conversation #crisp #fresh #lettuce #like

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#dirty #first #gratify #instincts #long

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#boy #experience #good #needs #practice

Politics makes strange bedfellows. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#makes #politics #strange

Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#legislature #nearly #opinion #public #public opinion

The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#believes #boy #different #every #expects

The thing generally raised on city land is taxes. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#generally #land #raised #taxes #thing

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#estimate #only #such #thing #value