15 Quotes & Sayings By Charles Dudley Warner

Charles Dudley Warner was a 19th century American writer, best known for his series of books about the history of New England. He also wrote a novel, The Prince of Concord.

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The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in itsvalue. Charles Dudley Warner
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The most popular persons are those who take the world as it is who find the least fault. Charles Dudley Warner
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The wise man's ... friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people evoked as it is by many qualities. Charles Dudley Warner
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It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. Charles Dudley Warner
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No one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. Charles Dudley Warner
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Broad acres are a patent of nobility and no man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface it is 4000 miles deep and that is a very handsome property. Charles Dudley Warner
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It is only fools who keep straining at high C all their lives. Charles Dudley Warner
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The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value. Charles Dudley Warner
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The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different. Charles Dudley Warner
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Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for the time being, separate, from the world, and have a harmony of aspiration. Charles Dudley Warner
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What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. Charles Dudley Warner
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Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. Charles Dudley Warner
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A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas. Charles Dudley Warner
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Politics makes strange bedfellows. Charles Dudley Warner