Thursday, November 18, 2010

Meander with me . . .

Today is the birthday of Clarence Shepherd Day, Jr. (November 18, 1874 – December 28, 1935), author.

"You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own."
- Clarence Day

"The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man nothing else that he builds ever lasts monuments fall; nations perish; civilization grow old and die out; 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 hearts of men centuries dead."
- 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

"If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have any."
- Clarence Day

"Information's pretty thin stuff unless mixed with experience."
- Clarence Day

"Too many moralists begin with a dislike of reality."
- Clarence Day

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