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That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Changing Consolation Fun Little Mankind Mind Progress Without You

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I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Best Bottom Ever Found Had Looking Men Reasons Remaining Simply Some Top

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Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Apathy Composed Interest Least Love Nine Parts Persecution Personal Sign Tolerance

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The New York playgoer is a child of nature, and he has an honest and wholesome regard of whatever is atrocious in art.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Art Atrocious Child He Honest Nature New New York Regard Whatever Wholesome York

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A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Closely Does Know Man Merely New Other People Studied Thinker Thought Who

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One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: About Canal Feats His Learns Literary Little Man Memory More Than

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If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: After Choose City Consider Efforts Intellectual Intense Large Man Mayor Merely Steal Suffrage Triumph Who Will

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Politics is a place of humble hopes and strangely modest requirements, where all are good who are not criminal and all are wise who are not ridiculously otherwise.

~Frank Moore Colby

Topics: Criminal Good Hopes Humble Modest Otherwise Place Politics Requirements Ridiculously Strangely Where Who Wise

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Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: Unknown

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