A. A. Milne on advantage
A. A. Milne104 quotes“One of the advantages of being disorganized is the joy of discovery.”
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Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from him at all.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Always watch where you are going. Otherwise, you may step on a piece of the Forest that was left out by mistake.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne You are braver than you believe, Stronger than you seem, And smarter than you think.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Any day spent with you is my favorite day. So today is my new favorite day.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Nowhere can I think so happily as in a train.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne If you were a bird, and lived on high, You’d lean on the wind when the wind came by, You’d say to the wind when it took you away: ‘That’s where I wanted to go today!
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne Promise you won’t forget me, ever. Not even when I’m a hundred.
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne How sweet to be a Cloud. Floating in the Blue!
A. A. MilneA. A. Milne We can’t all and some of us don’t. That’s all there is to it.
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