L. Frank Baum Short Quotes

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The absurd and legendary devil is the enigma of the Church.

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Everything in life is unusual until you get accustomed to it.
The Scarecrow speaking

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A little misery, at times, makes one appreciate happiness more.

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Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable.

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Demons may be either good or bad, like any other class of beings.

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In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows.

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Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?

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To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem him.

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It isn't what we are, but what folks think we are, that counts in this world.

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The more one knows, the luckier he is, for knowledge is the greatest gift in life.

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Some of my youthful readers are developing wonderful imaginations. This pleases me.

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A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others.

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Oh, no, my dear; I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit.

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No, indeed; I don't know anything. You see, I am stuffed, so I have no brains at all.

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Never question the truth of what you fail to understand, for the world is filled with wonders.

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Time is given us to be happy and for no other reason [...] When we waste time, we waste happiness.

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I shall really be very unhappy unless you give me the sort of courage that makes one forget he is afraid.

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"What do you want?" the ape asked at last.
"Nothing," said Ervic.
"You may have that!" retorted the ape

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If any of us takes a rest,
We'll be arrested sure,
And get no restitution
'Cause the rest we must endure.

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I have heard that Glinda is a beautiful woman, who knows how to keep young in spite of the many years she has lived.

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"But girls often marry when they are too young," exclaimed Mary-Marie quickly; "so, if you don't object to my age — "

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You see, in this country are a number of youths who do not like to work, and the college is an excellent place for them.

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No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

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My people have been wearing green glasses on their eyes for so long that most of them think this really is an Emerald City.

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"I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," spoke the Beast, in a voice that was one great roar. Who are you, and why do you seek me?

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I think you are wrong to want a heart. It makes most people unhappy. If you only knew it, you are in luck not to have a heart.

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Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife.

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"I think I prefer to be a Bear," said Big Bru. "I was born a Bear, and I know a Bear's ways. So I am satisfied to live as a Bear lives."

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It is the Law that while Evil, unopposed, may accomplish terrible deeds, the power of Good can never be overthrown when opposed to Evil...

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I never deal in transformations, for they are not honest, and no respectable sorceress likes to make things appear to be what they are not.

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