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Every man ought to be inquisitive through every hour of his great adventure down to the day when he shall no longer cast a shadow in the sun. For if he dies without a question in his heart, what excuse is there for his continuance?

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Adventure Cast Day Dies Down Every Every Man Excuse Great He Heart His Hour Inquisitive Longer Man Ought Question Shadow Shall Sun Through Without

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Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Anchor Cares Cast God Holds Your

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Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Confess False How Humor Lack Many Men Own Teeth Them Treason Up Wig Will

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Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Always Answering Asking Chief Clever Clever People Feel Go Life Natural People Pleasure Questions Relish Seem Them

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Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Bore Communication Every Improvement Makes More Terrible

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I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Angry Anybody Disagreeable Feeling Generally Know Left More Particular Situation Than Without

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Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Keep Lose Many Merely People Seeing You Yours

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Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Always Chance Escape Mental No Chance Nose Ought Run Talk

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We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Alone Always Any Anything Carry Committee Out Persist Reasonable Too Us Which Would

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We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Any Anywhere Arriving Company Having Mind Much Nearly Our Way

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: Unknown

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