When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don’t eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.
A. A. MILNEWhen having a smackerel of something with a friend, don’t eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.
A. A. MILNEIt gets you nowhere if the other person’s tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
A. A. MILNEIf 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. MILNEBores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject.
A. A. MILNEA Proper Tea is much nicer than a Very Nearly Tea, which is one you forget about afterwards.
A. A. MILNEDrinking your milk and talking at the same time may result in your having to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwords.
A. A. MILNEPay attention to where you are going because without meaning you might get nowhere.
A. A. MILNENobody can be uncheered with a balloon.
A. A. MILNEDon’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.
A. A. MILNEGood judgment comes from experience, and experience – well, that comes from poor judgment.
A. A. MILNETime is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die. Still you wait and will not try – A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.
A. A. MILNEWhat I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
A. A. MILNEWhen you do the things that you can do, you will find a way.
A. A. MILNEI knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen.
A. A. MILNESome people care too much. I think it’s called love.
A. A. MILNEIt is impossible to win gracefully at chess.
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