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“This is great art, we've been told this by the great pundits of our age. And in consequence why should we bother to learn? There's nothing more delightful than to be told, 'You don't have to learn, my boy. There's nothing in it. Modern art? There's nothing in it.”

Should Art Age Boys Modern Consequence Bother Delightful Great Art Modernism Modern Art My Boys Pundits

Author:Anthony Burgess

“Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is defeated. Such a boy will be fired by ambition; he will be stung by reproach, and animated by preference; never shall I apprehend any bad consequences from idleness in such a boy.”

Giving Boys Cry Ambition Consequence Give Me Profit Defeated Preference Idleness Animated Reproach Emulation

Book:Quinctilian's Institutes of Eloquence: Or, The Art of Speaking in Public, in Every Character and Capacity

Source: Quinctilian's Institutes of Eloquence: Or, The Art of Speaking in Public, in Every Character and Capacity

“"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."”

Thinking Wells Littles Said Done Character Interesting Boys Consequence Interesting Characters

Book:Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

Source: Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood].

“The ratio of boys to girls is bad in three big countries in Asia: China, Vietnam, and India. It's worst in the north of India, where there's horrendous poverty. The number of girls in many of these places is so low that it has social consequences. You get young men without jobs and without women, and this leads to chaos and political danger. But the south of India is very different.”

Men Different Country Political Girl Boys Poverty Worst Danger Consequence Chaos

Author:Barbara Crossette

“Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.”

Funny Mother Boys Consequence Misfortunes Affectionate

Author:W. Somerset Maugham

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