It is a common remark that men talk most who think least; just as frogs cease their quacking … - Charles Francis Richter

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It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life.

Charles Francis Richter

It is a common remark that men talk most who think least; just as frogs cease their quacking when a light is brought to the water-side.

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I have a sense of humor; but over the years that sense has developed one blind spot. I can no longer laugh at ignorance or stupidity. Those are our chief enemies, and it is dangerous to make fun of them.

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The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.

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I am so old that I can remember when liberals were liberal - instead of being intolerant of anything and anybody that is not politically correct.

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