The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
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I’ll read my books and I’ll drink my coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt my door.
Tags: loves books, introvert, bibliophile
The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I'm not kidding.
Tags: young-adult, school, education
I didn't want any degrees if all the ill-read literates and radio announcers and pedagogical dummies I knew had them by the peck.
Tags: education, college
You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.
Tags: teachers, education, authority
God bless ladies with costly, tasteful clothes and touching, dirty fingernails that champion gifted, foreign poets and decorate the library in beautiful, melancholy fashion! My God, this universe is nothing to snicker at!
Tags: woman, love, books
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