Frank Baum
Frank Baum
awkward helping filling
And I' declared the Sawhorse, filling an awkward pause, 'am only remarkable because I can't help it.
folks man observed stay walk
Roads," observed the shaggy man, "don't go anywhere. They stay in one place, so folks can walk on them.
breathing blue life-and-death
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
children entertainment morality
Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder-tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident.
appreciate littles misery
A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.
rainbow bird littles
Birds fly over the rainbow, Why then - oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow why, oh why, can't I.
home wizard-of-oz-wizard sweet-home
There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
morning fun night
To be angry once in a while is really good fun, because it makes others so miserable. But to be angry morning, noon and night, as I am, grows monotonous and prevents my gaining any other pleasure in life.
fighting winning victory
An eastern contemporary, with a grain of wisdom in its wit, says that "when the whites win a fight, it is a victory, and when the Indians win it, it is a massacre.
age world wonder
It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders.
stupid thinking knows
In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows.
knows greatest-gifts
The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.
fame wisps i-have-learned
I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-wisp.
beautiful children world
In all this world there is nothing so beautiful as a happy child,