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Charles Dudley Warner was an American essayist, novelist, and editor, well known for his wit and social commentary. As a close friend and collaborator of Mark Twain, he co-authored the novel "The Gilded Age." He made significant contributions to American literature and journalism. Here are 40 of his quotes:
The love of dirt is among the earliest of passions, as it is the latest. Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. Fondness for the ground comes back to a man after he has run the round of pleasure and business, eaten dirt, and sown wild oats, drifted about the world, and taken the wind of all its moods. The love of digging in the ground (or of looking on while he pays another to dig) is as sure to come back to him, as he is sure, at last, to go under the ground, and stay there.
Charles Dudley Warner
The principal value of a garden is not understood. It is not to give the possessors vegetables and fruit (that can be better and cheaper done by the market-gardeners), but to teach him patience and philosophy, and the higher virtues - hope deferred, and expectations blighted, leading directly to resignation, and sometimes to alienation.
Charles Dudley Warner
Charles Dudley Warner
Occupation: American Journalist
Born: September 12, 1829
Died: October 20, 1900
Quotes count: 40
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