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And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they are unpoetical, or unattractive to the popular ear, but because the greater the poetical charm in them, the less are they meet for the ears of boys and men who are meant to be free, and who should fear slavery more than death.

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I conceive that the right way to write a story for boys is to write so that it will not only interest boys but strongly interest any man who has ever been a boy. That immensely enlarges the audience.

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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.

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A boy and a girl started dating after he backed his car into hers. They met by accident.

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Boys should abstain from all use of wine until their eighteenth year, for it is wrong to add fire to fire.

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A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth.

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Any foolish boy can stamp on a beetle, but all the professors in the world cannot make a beetle.

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Baseball should be the only thing on an eight year old boy's mind.

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The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men

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The world is changing. It is no longer a world just for boys and men

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I could forgive the boy, now, if he'd committed a million sins!

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Onward, my brave boys - money or no money - men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and forward to the breach, you are irresistible.

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There is only one sin and it is: weakness. When I was a boy, I read Milton's Paradise Lost. The only good man I had any respect for was Satan. The only saint is that person who never weakens, faces everything, and determines die game.

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Here I am, an old man in a dry month, Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain.

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As a boy, I once saw a cart of melons that sorely tempted me. I sneaked up to the cart and stole a melon. I went into the alley to devour it, but no sooner had I set my teeth into it, than I paused, a strange feeling coming over me. I came to a quick conclusion. Firmly, I walked up to that cart, replaced the melon - and took a ripe one.

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I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

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The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was part of the Soul of God. And he saw that the Soul of God was his own soul. And that he, a boy, could perform miracles.

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Somewhere you are holding the person I love," the boy said. "So, when I look out over your sands, I am also looking at her. I want to return to her, and I need your help so that I can turn myself into the wind.

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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

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I begin with the young. We older ones are used up but my magnificent youngsters! Are there finer ones anywhere in the world? Look at all these men and boys! What material! With you and I, we can make a new world.

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