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David Grayson Quotes


Brief author info: David Grayson (1870-1946) American journalist, biographer, essayist.


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No real friendship is ever made without an initial clashing which discloses the metal of each to each.
Commandment Number One of any truly civilized society is this: Let people be different.
What a convenient and delightful world is this world of books!-if you bring to it not the obligations of the student, or look upon it as an opiate for idleness, but enter it rather with the enthusiasm of the adventurer!
We are all tolerant enough of those who do not agree with us, provided only they are sufficiently miserable.
Back of tranquility lies always conquered unhappiness.
Looking at bargains from a purely commercial point of view, someone is always cheated, but looked at with the simple eye both seller and buyer always win.
What we get in the city is not life, but what someone else tells us about life.
Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread- there may be.
Goodness is uneventful. It does not flash, it glows.
Bring out your social remedies! They will fail, they will fail, every one, until each man has his feet somewhere upon the soil.


Diplomacy Quote
There are times when even the greatest tactician in diplomatic cunning is outclassed in his own game. It is then that he discovers that all that he thought he had gained is but loss, and that what is left of national honor and dignity is but the shadow of an illustrious past that is gone forever, or of a potentially great future that will never come.


Marriage Quote
Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
Life Quote
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Funny Quote
The reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept.
Success Quote
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

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