Clarence Day
Clarence Day
Clarence Shepard Day, Jr.was an American author and cartoonist, best known for his 1935 work Life With Father...
ProfessionAutobiographer
Date of Birth18 November 1874
nature way firsts
We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.
knowledge creating dupes
Knowledge is power. Unfortunate dupes of this saying will keep on creating, ambitiously, till they have stunned their native initiative and made their thoughts weak.
dog integrity havens
Dogs have more love than integrity. They've been true to us, yes, but they haven't been true to themselves.
children parent chance
If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any.
baby children thinking
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 this all they've done to it?" and bursts into tears.
goes-on aspect creeds
As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless.
eggs ancestry birth
The egg it is the source of all To everyone's ancestral hall.
god father guests
Father expected a good deal of God. He didn't actually accuse God of inefficiency, but when he prayed his tone was loud and angry, like that of a dissatisfied guest in a carelessly managed hotel.
book reading men
The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.
wisdom leader worship
Will and wisdom are both mighty leaders. Our times worship will.
world firsts doe
The first thing the world does to a genius is to make him lose all his youth.
mother dream growing-up
Tender are a mother's dreams, But her babe's not what he seems. See him plotting in his mind To grow up some other kind.
police eras england
When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.
elephants suffering quality
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 defeats itself.