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Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate.

Christopher Morley (1890-1957) American writer
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Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 1-Feb-04
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My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

Christopher Morley (1890-1957) American writer
(Attributed)

Added on 4-Sep-09 | Last updated 4-Sep-09
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I suffer fools gladly, for I have always been on good terms with myself.

Christopher Morley (1890-1957) American writer
Inward Ho!, ch. 13 (1923)

Added on 1-Jul-10 | Last updated 1-Jul-10
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There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and yearning.

Christopher Morley (1890-1957) American writer
Parnassus on Wheels, ch. 10 (1917)

Added on 31-Aug-11 | Last updated 31-Aug-11
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All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.

Christopher Morley (1890-1957) American writer
Where the Blue Begins (1922)

Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 1-Feb-04
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There is only one success … to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it.

Christopher Morley (1890-1957) American writer
Where the Blue Begins (1922)

Added on 5-Feb-08 | Last updated 5-Feb-08
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