Clarence Day

Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character. ↗

— Clarence Day

#age #character #experience #face #firm

Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. ↗

— Clarence Day

#curiosity #enjoy #facts #far #mainspring

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. ↗

— Clarence Day

#reading #thinking #well #writing

As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless. ↗

— Clarence Day

#creeds #discovery #dogma #religion #truth

Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves. ↗

— Clarence Day

#integrity #love #love

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any. ↗

— Clarence Day

#chance #children #good #good chance #parents

A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health. ↗

— Clarence Day

#addiction #always #bad #excess #health

Reason is the servant of instinct. ↗

— Clarence Day

#reason #servant

Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality. ↗

— Clarence Day

#dislike #many #moralists #reality #too

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided. ↗

— Clarence Day

#best #cannot #ills #make #must