Frank Baum
Frank Baum
appreciate littles misery
A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.
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.
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.
awkward helping filling
And I' declared the Sawhorse, filling an awkward pause, 'am only remarkable because I can't help it.
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,