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
mistake world infirmity
This is a hard and precarious world, where every mistake and infirmity must be paid for in full.
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.
world firsts doe
The first thing the world does to a genius is to make him lose all his youth.
fields energy certain
The worshipper of energy is too physically energetic to see that he cannot explore certain higher fields until he is still.
book fall heart
The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall, nations perish, civilizations grow old and die out, and after an era new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on, still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts of the heart of men centuries dead. -
hurt money taken
A moderate addiction to money may not always be hurtful; but when taken in excess it is nearly always bad for the health.
freedom sacrifice rights
It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.
eggs legs lips
The egg it is the source of all. Tis everyone's ancestral hall. The bravest chief that ever fought, The lowest thief that e'er was caught, The harlot's lip, the maiden's leg, They each and all came from an egg.
responsibility citizens ants
Ants are good citizens: they place group interests first.
inspirational life wisdom
You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.
wise vacation knowing
The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation.
funny character wrinkles
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.