Ernest Vincent Wright Quotes

#1. Boys, at war, so far away, will naturally droop, both in body and mind, from lack of a particular girl's snuggling and cuddling.

Ernest Vincent Wright

#2. A man thinks all dust stays outdoors.

Ernest Vincent Wright

#3. What a City Council should do, and what it will do, don't always
match up.

Ernest Vincent Wright

#4. A man should so carry on his daily affairs as to bring no word of admonition from anybody; for a man's doings should put a stain upon no soul but his own.

Ernest Vincent Wright

#5. If you want to hold a crowd, just mystify it.

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#6. By slow, thoughtful watching, you can gain much, as against working up a wild, panicky condition.

Ernest Vincent Wright

#7. For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work.

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#8. A human mind was built for contact with similar minds. It should, - in fact, - it must think about what is going on around it; for, if it is shut up in a thick, dark, bony box of a skull, it will always stay in that condition known as "status quo"; and grow up, antagonistic to all surroundings.

Ernest Vincent Wright

#9. As you turn into a daddy, soon now, you'll find that, on marrying, a man and woman start actually living.

Ernest Vincent Wright