We must have Christian ethics for our children, good and strong, but we must make them attractive, too, and it can be done.
ENID BLYTONThere was a dish of salt for everyone to dip their eggs into. ‘I don’t know why, but the meals we have on picnics always taste so much nicer than the ones we have indoors,’ said George.
More Enid Blyton Quotes
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Mothers and dogs both had a kind of second sight that made them see into people’s minds and know when anything unusual was going on.
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Oh, I wish I lived in a caravan!’ said Jimmy longingly. ‘How lovely it must be to live in a house that has wheels and can go away down the lanes and through the towns, and stand still in fields at night!
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Here Mr Potts come here you little idiot!
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When you’re paid to do a job, it’s better to give a few minutes more to it, than a few minutes less. That’s one of the differences between doing a job honestly and doing it dishonestly! See?
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There was a dish of salt for everyone to dip their eggs into. ‘I don’t know why, but the meals we have on picnics always taste so much nicer than the ones we have indoors,’ said George.
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The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping-stones.
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Soon they were all sitting on the rocky ledge, which was still warm, watching the sun go down into the lake.
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Writing for children is an art in itself, and a most interesting one.
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The children gazed in delight. Nothing but trees and birds and little wild animals. Oh, what a secret island, all for their very own, to live on and play on.
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You are honest enough by nature to be able to see and judge your own self clearly – and that is a great thing.
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Make up your mind about things, by all means – but if something happens to show that you are wrong, then it is feeble not to change your mind,
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As they drew near to it, and saw the willow trees that bent over the water-edge and heard the sharp call of moorhens that scuttled off,
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Well, you know what grown-ups are,’ said Dinah. ‘They don’t think the same way as we do.
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It wasn’t a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked.
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If you can’t look after something in your care, you have no right to keep it.
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