Quote by Robert Lynd
Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing

Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive. – Robert Lynd

Other quotes by Robert Lynd

Coleridge says that to bait a mouse-trap is as much as to say to the mouse, Come and have a piece of cheese, and then, when it accepts the invitation, to do it to death is a betrayal of the laws of hospitality. – Robert Lynd

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Hospitality
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The great ages of prose are the ages in which men shave. The great ages of poetry are those in which they allow their beards to grow. – Robert Lynd

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Mustaches
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No human being believes that any other human being has a right to be in bed when he himself is up. – Robert Lynd

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Morning
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Other Quotes from
Christmas
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For a Jewish guy, Ive recorded a lot of Christmas albums. – Barry Manilow

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Christmas

When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldnt imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If Im gone for six days it feels like too much. – Adam Carolla

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Christmas

I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols, the decorations that dont know when to come down. – Mo Rocca

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Christmas

He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking. – Kyra Sedgwick

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Christmas

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Im not good at normal things. I cant drive a car. I couldnt read till I was 10. – Michael Lindsay-Hogg

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Sleep is good, death is better but of course, the best thing would to have never been born at all. – Heinrich Heine

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best

Ive been in California for about 15 years now. Youre always in your car and insulated. I miss New York so much. – Jimmy Smits

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car

All through life Ive harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment. – Jessica Lange

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