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Books that have become classics—books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal—always remind me of venerable colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay.

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich Ponkapog Papers (1903)

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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent—that is to triumph over old age.

Ponkapog Papers (1903)

What is lovely never dies,
But passes into other loveliness,
Star-dust, or sea-foam, or wingëd air.

Unguarded Gates and Other Poems (1895)

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

Ponkapog Papers (1903)

There's a special Providence that watches over idiots, drunken men, and boys.

The Story of a Bad Boy (1870)

The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.

Ponkapog Papers (1903)

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