Stephen's Quotes for the Depression Forums 5-15

[Warmsoul/Jeanie13]

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
-- G. K. Chesterton

A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
-- Robert Benchley

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
-- G. M. Trevelyan, English Social History (1942)

For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.
-- Clifton Fadiman