If a large city can, after intense intellectual efforts, choose for its mayor a man who merely will not steal from it, we consider it a triumph of the suffrage. Frank Moore Colby choosecityeffort Change image and share on social
One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal. Frank Moore Colby alimentarycanalfeat Change image and share on social
We do not mind our not arriving anywhere nearly so much as our not having any company on the way. Frank Moore Colby arrivecompanymind Change image and share on social
That is the consolation of a little mind; you have the fun of changing it without impeding the progress of mankind. Frank Moore Colby changeconsolationfun Change image and share on social
Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor? Frank Moore Colby arsonconfessfalse Change image and share on social
Talk ought always to run obliquely, not nose to nose with no chance of mental escape. Frank Moore Colby chanceescapemental Change image and share on social
Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. Frank Moore Colby bearcommunicationimprovement Change image and share on social
The New York playgoer is a child of nature, and he has an honest and wholesome regard of whatever is atrocious in art. Frank Moore Colby artatrociouschild Change image and share on social
