"I like the lad who, when his father thought To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase Of vagrant worm by early songster caught, Cried, "Served him right! it's not at all surprising; The worm was punished, sir, for early rising!"

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Source : John Godfrey Saxe (1872). “The Poems: Complete in One Volume”, p.134

John Godfrey Saxe

#Morning Quotes #Father Quotes #Naps Quotes

“To those who don't think defense is important, you'll get the best seat on the bench.”
“In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries,”
“Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.103, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.”

Source : George Bancroft (1851). “History of the United states”, p.340
“That's the mistake I made, one of the mistakes, to have wanted a story for myself, whereas life alone is enough.”
“Eminent nutritionists have traded their independence for the food industry's favors.”
“I don't hide anything about my life, I talk about everything. I talk about it - all kinds of things. I've done songs about bad experiences, a couple about growing up in the ghetto and being abused, sexually. Being raped. And I talk about it.”

Source : Interview with Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, believermag.com. July 1, 2010.
“Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was largely spent in the northern littoral of Africa at a time when kingdoms and sultanates were crumbling.”

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